Praise for troops who faced fury of the Taliban and triumphed (Filed: 20/09/2006) British troops in southern Afghanistan received high praise from their commander yesterday as they approached the end of a tour in which they have inflicted a substantial defeat on the Taliban. "You have proved that you can fight as well as anyone in the British Army," Lt Gen David Richards told a group of young veterans of a brutal summer's campaign in the towns and villages of Helmand province. Soldiers from the RAF regiment patrolling the village of Mandi Sar near the city of Kandahar As for...