Britain denies losing Afghan war

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Kabul : Afghanistan | about 1 year ago

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Britain denies losing Afghan war

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Britain's foreign minister has denied that international forces in Afghanistan are losing the battle against fighters from the Taliban.

David MilibandDavid Miliband wrote in the Sunday Times that Taliban fighters were not taking widespread control of Afghanistan, in response to criticism of the British military in the newspaper.

"Our true mission... has been to use military power to create the space within which Afghan institutions can become strong enough to resist the Taliban. That mission is certainly not impossible," he wrote.

The majority of Taliban activity was concentrated in 10 per cent of Afghanistan's districts, home to only six per cent of the population, Miliband said.

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