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UK Afghan strategy 'must change'

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The Army is drawing up plans to send another 1,000 soldiers to Afghanistan, the Times newspaper reports. Former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown reflects on his view that withdrawing coalition troops now would enable Al-Qaeda to roam free in Afghanistan and further endanger UK security.

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