He said security in Helmand was improving, with Afghan forces now responsible for the bulk of the province - but that the environment in which UK troops operated remained "risky and dangerous including the threat of improvised explosive devices and insurgent attack".
Federal investigators said that they suspect the two brothers may have been planning to launch another attack when they were chased by police, and that they had about half dozen additional explosive devices with them.
Federal investigators said that they suspect the two brothers may have been planning to launch another attack when they were chased by police, and that they had about a half-dozen additional explosive devices with them.