U.S. female soldiers secure an Afghan compound while other soldiers meet with Afghan elders in the Spin Boldak district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, March 3, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Female Engagement Team 6, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, and 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann
UK Combat Operations In Afghanistan Effectively Cease -- BBC
HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN: Britain's war in Helmand is all but over, the commander of the military task force there, Brigadier Bob Bruce, has revealed to BBC Newsnight in an interview to be broadcast later on Tuesday.
"We have reduced our profile to such an extent that we don't do ground combat type operations anymore," Brig Bruce said.
While Nato forces will, in theory, remain in Afghanistan for the next year and a half, in the country's once rebellious south they are all but confined to their bases, begging the question why the drawdown cannot go even faster.
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