A U.S. soldier checks an Afghan man for weapons before allowing him through a security checkpoint in Ayub Khe in, Afghanistan's Khost province, Sept. 8, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Trumbull
Staying The Course In Afghanistan -- Telegraph editorial
The Taliban fears Nato’s success in building the security architecture able to withstand the departure of most combat forces in 2014.
For the second time this week, Philip Hammond was required in the House of Commons yesterday to explain the Government’s strategy in Afghanistan. In view of the recent deaths of British soldiers killed by Afghan troops or police officers, it is right that the Defence Secretary should keep Parliament fully informed. But there is a suspicion that political opportunism on the part of the Government’s opponents has forced him twice to the Dispatch Box.
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