R ightly or wrongly – probably the latter – last week's decision by Nato to scale back joint military operations with Afghan forces will be regarded as a defeat of sorts.
R ightly or wrongly – probably the latter – last week's decision by Nato to scale back joint military operations with Afghan forces will be regarded as a defeat of sorts.
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ANALYSIS by Trevor Royle
Responding to growing concerns about a series of insider killings, land force commanders decided enough was enough. For the foreseeable future co-operation can only be continued at battalion level and above – that is, with units of around 800 soldiers.
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