, The British defense ministry dispatched 22,000 rounds of faulty ammunition for use in Afghanistan, at one point leading a platoon of paratroopers to refuse to go on patrol, The Daily Telegraph reported on Dec.4.
The newspaper said that British soldiers had to use ammunition from Canadian and Estonian troops to fight off Taliban attacks in Helmand province.
A spokeswoman for the British defense ministry, however, denied that the bullets in question were the problem, saying instead that the
