Whitehall's pessimism will not help Afghanistan

David Rew - Sunday Times Letter Publication

I share Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith's short-term analysis of the situation in Helmand (War on Taliban cannot be won, says army chief, World News, last week) given the fierce tribal and ethnic loyalties at play, but not the official Whitehall pessimism that has sanctioned his comments.

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