Nov 6th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
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Gordon Brown today denounced the Afghan government as corrupt and warned the president, Hamid Karzai, that he would lose international support if he failed to improve its performance.
In a speech to the Royal College of Defence Studies, the prime minister said he was "not prepared to put the lives of British men and women in harm's way for a government that does not stand up against corruption".
The remarks drew criticism that Britain's role in Afghanistan was being made hostage to the behaviour of a government that Brown himself described as "a byword for corruption". The shadow defence secretary, Liam Fox, said Britain's commitment to the conflict should not be "confused by mixed messages or empty threats".
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