Nov 5th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
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Gordon Brown will today pledge not to "walk away" from Afghanistan in the wake of the deaths of six British soldiers this week and mounting polling evidence that public support for the war is crumbling.
British forces reported the death of another soldier in an explosion in Helmand province yesterday as the hunt continued for the Afghan policeman who shot dead five British soldiers on Tuesday.
In a speech in London today, Brown will acknowledge growing doubts about whether the war is winnable or worth so many British deaths...
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