Taliban and is/Daesh Attacks: Afghanistan

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:18 pm on 29 January 2018.

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Photo of Paul Flynn Paul Flynn Labour, Newport West 4:18, 29 January 2018

Although there was universal approval in the House for the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, by 2006 we had lost five British soldiers in battle and a decision was taken on the firm promise by Government that no shot would be fired. We went into Helmand and the result was the deaths of 450 of our brave British soldiers. Do we not have to challenge the idea that force always produces peaceful results and have an inquiry into why we went into Helmand in 2006? If we do not understand our past mistakes, are we not in danger of repeating them?