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Afghanistan is not a fight to the death, says David Miliband - Times Online

guardian.co.uk Afghanistan is not a fight to the death, says David Miliband Times Online Britain is not fighting a war "without end” in Afghanistan but Nato cannot risk leaving a vacuum for the Taleban, David Miliband said...

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FactCheck: out of Afghanistan?

FactCheck finds otherwise. "We will be the only serious party calling for immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan," he said. Afghanistan will have a huge resonance with ordinary voters. "We want to present a moral choice between...

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Brown plans Afghan handover talks - BBC News

Telegraph.co.uk Brown plans Afghan handover talks BBC News Gordon Brown plans to host talks in the new year to discuss timing for handing over the campaign in Afghanistan to the Afghan government. The prime minister said he...

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Government under fire on interrogation

The group of senior MPs and peers responsible for scrutinising the activities of the intelligence agencies has sharply criticised the government for failing to hand over the guidelines provided to MI5 and MI6 officers for...

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Friends in high places | Peter Oborne

Britain's pro-Israel lobby needs to be far more open about how it is funded and what it does Every year a very grand lunch is given by the Conservative Friends of Israel at a central London hotel. Anyone who is anyone in the...

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Brown to ask Nato for 5,000 more Afghanistan troops

Prime minister dismisses reports he is planning to talk to the Taliban Gordon Brown today said he was leading a drive to get Britain's non-US coalition partners to commit another 5,000 troops to the Nato operation in...

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The only X Factor that bothers Peter Hain is the one in Afghanistan

Ask him whether he thinks that The X Factor was rigged against the Welsh singer Lucie Jones, a colleague suggests before our interview with Peter Hain. But the Welsh Secretary looks blank when we do. He doesn’t do frivolous or...

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UK seek Taliban negotiations, says memo

Prime minister dismisses reports he is planning to talk to the Taliban Gordon Brown today said he was leading a drive to get Britain's non-US coalition partners to commit another 5,000 troops to the Nato operation in...

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Gordon Brown sounded cheerful this morning – a moment to be treasured | Michael White

The PM was rather good as he explained his Afghan strategy today – calm, lucid and far from tetchy Did you catch Gordon Brown on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning? Shame if you didn't. He was rather good, calm and...

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Brown says British troops in Afghanistan cannot be "occupying army forever" - Telegraph.co.uk

Times Online Brown says British troops in Afghanistan cannot be "occupying army forever" Telegraph.co.uk Gordon Brown has said that British troops cannot stay in Afghanistan forever and will “start coming home” as soon as...

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