Nato commander wants UK troops 'out of harm's way' for general election

Nov 7th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk

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America's top general in Afghanistan believes Britain's 9,000 troops should be removed out of "harm's way" because the Taliban will target them in the run- up to next year's general election, it was reported last night.

General Stanley McChrystal, the Nato commander in Kabul, holds the view that Britain's continued participation in Afghanistan will be more acceptable to an increasingly sceptical British public if troops are switched to less dangerous duties including "capacity building".

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