- Title: AFGHANISTAN: BRITISH SOLDIERS BEGIN REPAIRING COLLAPSED BRIDGE.
- Date: 24th December 2001
- Summary: (W3) NEAR BAGRAM AIRBASE, 55KM NORTH OF KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (DECEMBER 24,2001)(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV: DESTROYED BRIDGE NEAR BAGRAM AIRBASE 0.04 2. GV/PAN: BRITISH MILITARY CAR DRIVING THROUGH THE RIVER 0.21 3. GVCU: VARIOUS OF DEMINING IN PROGRESS (7 SHOTS) 0.57 4. GV: WIDE OF TANKER/ BRITISH ROYAL MARINE STANDING GUARD DURING
- Embargoed: 8th January 2002 12:00
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- Location: BAGRAM AIRPORT, NEAR KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- Country: Afghanistan
- Reuters ID: LVABSRM07BFJJ9DP7PVSFOWAACU3
- Story Text: British soldiers deployed in Afghanistan have begun
rebuilding a collapsed bridge near the strategic Bagram
airbase, north of the capital Kabul.
The British Royal Marines were charged with providing
security for the operation while British mine sweepers checked
the area.
Britain is expected to contribute to a force of
international peacekeepers in Afghanistan to maintain security
in the capital Kabul since the interim government took power
on December 22.
Foreign troops could begin arriving in the Afghan capital
next week but the bulk of the multinational security force may
take up to four weeks to deploy.
That team would be sited either at the Bagram airbase, 40
km (25 miles) north of the capital, or preferably at Kabul's
own airport to establish a bridgehead for troops arriving by
air.
interim government because it had nowhere in the capital to
stay.
The precise role and size of the main force, which some
estimates have said could be up to 5,000 strong, have yet to
be finalised in talks with the new post-Taliban authorities.
(MVB)
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