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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/army-chief-afghan-tide-is-turning.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Major General Nick Carter said Taliban insurgents had been weakened by the efforts of allied forces" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-army-chief-afghan-tide-is-turning.jpg" alt="Major General Nick Carter said Taliban insurgents had been weakened by the efforts of allied forces"/></a></p>
<p>A senior Army officer who led British troops in southern Afghanistan has said there had been &#8220;significant change&#8221; in the war-torn nation over the past year and clamed &#8220;the tide is turning&#8221;.</p>
<p>Major General Nick Carter said Taliban insurgents had been weakened by the efforts of allied forces, transforming the lives of Afghan civilians for the better.</p>
<p>Maj Gen Carter, who has just returned home after spending the past year as Commander Regional Command South, told a national newspaper: &#8220;The last year has seen significant change in southern Afghanistan.</p>
<p>&#8220;An uplift of over 20,000 US troops and, importantly, a huge increase in Afghan security forces has more than doubled the number of forces in Helmand and Kandahar.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I arrived last October there was one weak Afghan Army brigade in Helmand and one in Kandahar. When I left a week ago these had increased to nearly six. The Afghan Police has also been uplifted by 30%.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said British forces were helping to transform the lives of Afghan civilians.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are now more likely to be able to leave their homes, tend their fields and take their produce to the local bazaar,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Their children will have access to a school, they will be able to attend community council meetings, listen to a radio and use a mobile telephone.</p>
<p>&#8220;Before now, these basic rights &#8211; which we take for granted &#8211; would have been denied by the insurgents.&#8221;</p>
<p>Maj Gen Carter, who was in charge of more than 30,000 International Security Assistance Force troops from 46 countries, also said 80% of IEDs were reported rather than being left to explode in the last six weeks.</p>
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