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The SAS will wrap up their mission in Afghanistan in six months’ time to prepare for anti-terror duty at next year’s Olympic Games in London, according to reports.
It is thought that the Royal Navy's Special Boat Service will continue to carry out missions there.
The SAS, some of whom took part in a recent live-round anti-terror training exercise with police at the Olympic village, will come home and make security at the Games their priority.
The elite troops have been freed up because they have been so successful in their winter ‘kill and capture’ missions against the Taliban, according to The Sun, that they have been left with few targets.
An insider told the paper: ‘It has got so quiet out there it’s been decided the SAS will leave in six months. They’ve done incredible work since they arrived but the job is too small now to have the SAS there. The job has changed.’
The source added: ‘The SBS will continue training Afghan troops and going on covert missions.’
A Ministry of Defence spokesman told MailOnline: 'We do not comment on special forces operations.'
News of the reported tactical shift follows the death of a soldier believed to have been serving with the SAS.
Corporal Lloyd Newell, from the Parachute Regiment, died in an operation in Helmand last Thursday. He was married with a nine-week-old daughter.
The MoD would not release details of his age or where he was from, but according to The Sun Corporal Newell was in the SAS.
An Army spokesman paid tribute to the soldier who was 'cherished' by his friends.
He said: 'Corporal Lloyd Newell was a man of integrity and principle. He was a natural and talented soldier who loved his work and the military lifestyle.'
" ‘It has got so quiet out there it’s been decided the SAS will leave in six months. They’ve done incredible work since they arrived but the job is too small now to have the SAS there."
Ok, I'm not 'in the know' but even I know it's far from over to call the country "quiet"....
The SAS will wrap up their mission in Afghanistan in six months’ time to prepare for anti-terror duty at next year’s Olympic Games in London, according to reports.
It is thought that the Royal Navy's Special Boat Service will continue to carry out missions there.
The SAS, some of whom took part in a recent live-round anti-terror training exercise with police at the Olympic village, will come home and make security at the Games their priority.
The elite troops have been freed up because they have been so successful in their winter ‘kill and capture’ missions against the Taliban, according to The Sun, that they have been left with few targets.
An insider told the paper: ‘It has got so quiet out there it’s been decided the SAS will leave in six months. They’ve done incredible work since they arrived but the job is too small now to have the SAS there. The job has changed.’
The source added: ‘The SBS will continue training Afghan troops and going on covert missions.’
A Ministry of Defence spokesman told MailOnline: 'We do not comment on special forces operations.'
News of the reported tactical shift follows the death of a soldier believed to have been serving with the SAS.
Corporal Lloyd Newell, from the Parachute Regiment, died in an operation in Helmand last Thursday. He was married with a nine-week-old daughter.
The MoD would not release details of his age or where he was from, but according to The Sun Corporal Newell was in the SAS.
An Army spokesman paid tribute to the soldier who was 'cherished' by his friends.
He said: 'Corporal Lloyd Newell was a man of integrity and principle. He was a natural and talented soldier who loved his work and the military lifestyle.'
" ‘It has got so quiet out there it’s been decided the SAS will leave in six months. They’ve done incredible work since they arrived but the job is too small now to have the SAS there."
Ok, I'm not 'in the know' but even I know it's far from over to call the country "quiet"....
