Debate Over Afghanistan Rages in Britain as Casualties Rise

Holloway says the only way to win on that second front is to provide security and economic development for Afghan towns and villages, not just send bombs and troops.

"You can bomb them back into the stone age, but you will never get rid of the Taliban that way," he added. "The only people who can defeat them are the Afghan people themselves and we need to be helping them to do that." Rising British Casualties in Afghanistan Sparks Growing Debate
British Government Defends its Strategy and Support in Afghanistan

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