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Afghanistan: UK tends to quit

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 @ 16:57 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Afghanistan
Topics:: Elections, War & Conflict, International Relations
Languages:: English

Dafydd talks about the slump of the Afghan campaign's popularity among the British public, media and officials - ahead of upcoming elections in the United Kingdom.

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