Quotes of the Day

Afghan men walk past a patrol conducted by British soldiers of the 1st batallion of the Royal Welsh, French soldiers of the 21st RIMA and Afghan soldiers in a street of the city of Showal in Nad-e-Ali district, Southern Afghanistan
Friday, Dec. 03, 2010

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  • DAN MCNEILL,
  • the former commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, telling a US drug-control officer, in a leaked 2007 memo, that he was dismayed by the British effort in Afghanistan
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