Deployed in Afghanistan

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Britain will send 500 more forces personnel to Afghanistan but only if key conditions are met. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown says, they will be sent as long as they have the necessary equipment, if other NATO allies boost their troop numbers and more Afghan soldiers are trained. We speak with two veterans of the war in Afghanistan � one British, and one American in today’s show.

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