British troops secure 'key objectives' in Afghanistan offensive

The fiercest military offensive on the Taliban since the conflict in Afghanistan began has so far gone “as well as it could have done”, British Army chiefs said today.

More than 1,000 British troops engaging in the long-awaited launch of Operation Moshtarak secured their “key objectives” in the early hours, Major General Gordon Messenger, the chief of the defence staff’s strategic communications officer, said.