Brown warns of 'difficult summer' in Afghanistan

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Published Jul 13 2009 by Telegraph

Brown warns of 'difficult summer' in Afghanistan

Gordon Brown has insisted that British troops are equipped well enough to succeed in the increasingly bloody war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. British soldiers in Afghanistan Photo: PA The Prime Minister admitted that the death toll in recent days had made it 'a sad and difficult...

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