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Calls for Nato support in Afghanistan intensify - 7 Feb 08

The recapture of Musa Qala from the Taliban in December was supposed to be a success story: an Afghan army-led fight on a major Taliban stronghold. But the reality is that it was the British and American troops that took the town and now, two months on, they are struggling to hold it. So much so that the over-stretched British military is sending another 600 soldiers to boost its presence on the ground. Al Jazeera reports.

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