Afghanistan

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:00 pm on 29 October 2008.

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Photo of Andrew Smith Andrew Smith Labour, Oxford East 3:00, 29 October 2008

I welcome the thrust of my hon. Friend's argument. When he was in Afghanistan, did he get a clear idea of the constraints on a more rapid expansion of the Afghan army? Is that not an essential path to establishing the security that we both want?