U.K. sending more troops, equipment to Afghanistan

LONDON - Britain will send 1,400 more troops to southern Afghanistan, as well as additional transport helicopters and strike and transport aircraft, British Defense Secretary Des Browne said Feb. 26. The additional deployment was at NATO's request, Browne said. It will bring the number of British...

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