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A HARDER-HEADED strategy is required in Afghanistan, according to shadow defence secretary Liam Fox, along with more help from European countries such as Germany, Spain and Italy.
Mr Fox returned two weeks ago from Kabul where he met the new US commander, General Stanley McChrystal. Mr Fox told the Standard: "We have to have realistic expectations rather than vague ideas of lofty nobility about what we would like to see in Afghanistan, it is about what we can do in a hardheaded, pragmatic way."See the full content of this document
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It's Time to Be Realistic, Says Fox
Mr Fox says a Conservative government would commit 2,000 troops to train the Afghanistan army, a ...
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