LONDON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Cutbacks on safety checks led to a crash of a Nimrod surveillance jet in Afghanistan that left 14 British soldiers dead, a report concluded.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- British Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth, visiting Afghanistan, faced repeated requests from British soldiers there for additional troops, officials said.

BENSON, England, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- With its Merlin helicopters pulled out of Iraq, the British Royal air force said it was preparing to deploy the transport vehicle and its crew to Afghanistan.

LONDON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Britain may provide up to 1,000 more troops in response to a call from the U.S. and NATO commander for more troops in Afghanistan, senior officials said.

LONDON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- British Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth has called for following the U.S. procedure of conducting regular defense reviews, at a time when Britain's own strategy update is long overdue.

LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Britain's military procurement program is so faulty that it puts soldiers' lives at risk, according to a suppressed official report that was leaked to a British newspaper.

LONDON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A report allegedly buried by the government asserts British forces in Afghanistan are being endangered by inadequate support, The Sunday Times of London says.

LONDON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a human-rights group have sued the British government for information regarding the welfare of two Pakistani militants in custody in Afghanistan.

BAGHDAD, July 28 (UPI) -- British forces once stationed in Iraq moved to neighboring Kuwait due to the failure of the Iraqi Parliament to provide legal cover for their deployment.