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British ministers on Afghan visit want troops out

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British ministers on Afghan visit want troops out
Lynne O’Donnell, Agence-France Presse
Published: Saturday, May 22, 2010

KABUL -- Senior British cabinet ministers, led by new Foreign Secretary William Hague, arrived in Afghanistan Saturday with a warning that Britain wants to withdraw its troops as soon as possible.

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"National security is the focus now. We are not a global policeman. We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened," Mr. Fox said.

Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=3061517#ixzz0oft6TdsI

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