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Fighting Taliban ‘harder than expected’

The strength of the Taliban in Afghanistan had been underestimated by Britain and Nato, the defence secretary has admitted. Des Browne told the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) that fighting the Taliban was “even harder than we expected”, but insisted that achieving peace in the region was not “mission impossible”. The defence secretary promised “success”… Read more »

Lib Dems ‘close to credibility’

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