Kabul, November 08: Public support is “crucially important” to the success of mission in Afghanistan, the senior British commander in the country warned today, as the death toll among British troops rose to 231.
Lieutenant General Jim Dutton, the deputy commander of the international forces in Afghanistan, spoke out as the MoD announced the death of a soldier who died in a blast near Sangin, Helmand Province, yesterday, on the eve of Remembrance Sunday.
–Agencies