Ex-British envoy sees war as wrong focus in Afghanistan - latimes

From 2007 to 2010, Sherard Cowper-Coles served as Britain's ambassador and special representative to Afghanistan, giving him an inside view of the struggle on the battlefield and in the corridors of power to stabilize the war-torn country. - Ex-British envoy sees war as wrong focus in Afghanistan
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