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g jones · 21-07-2009, 21:40

I think we were right to go into Afghanistan. Problems over the border in the Swat Valley are of concern. Pakistan soldiers are also paying a heavy price fighting extremism.

On November 14, 2007, senior Pakistan Army officials said that from 2001 till November 14, 2007, at least 966 military men were killed and 2,259 others were injured. On October 23, 2008, the Pakistani Army confirmed that a total of 1,400 soldiers and paramilitaries had been killed since 2001. An additional 220 policemen were killed in fighting in 2007 and 2008. Some have speculated that the unofficial number of Pakistani soldiers killed in action to be somewhere around 3,000 by the late 2006

I am not a military person but I think we need to pump more aid (from all countries) in the Helmand Province to keep the Taliban/Extremists at bay. In Iraq we put locals on the army payroll and secured a better chance of peace/end of the war for the Coalition.

Each loss is terrible. I saw Greg (Pope) cry at Jason's funeral. Our soldiers need the nation behind them, there should no be no point scoring in the media or any politics. People are losing their lives and it should be a positive collective approach to the war. Cameron should spend more time visiting No.10 to sort out issues instead of running up and down Fleet Street.

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g jones Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,125 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 732	Re: Are we losing the War in Afghanistan? I think we were right to go into Afghanistan. Problems over the border in the Swat Valley are of concern. Pakistan soldiers are also paying a heavy price fighting extremism. On November 14, 2007, senior Pakistan Army officials said that from 2001 till November 14, 2007, at least 966 military men were killed and 2,259 others were injured. On October 23, 2008, the Pakistani Army confirmed that a total of 1,400 soldiers and paramilitaries had been killed since 2001. An additional 220 policemen were killed in fighting in 2007 and 2008. Some have speculated that the unofficial number of Pakistani soldiers killed in action to be somewhere around 3,000 by the late 2006 I am not a military person but I think we need to pump more aid (from all countries) in the Helmand Province to keep the Taliban/Extremists at bay. In Iraq we put locals on the army payroll and secured a better chance of peace/end of the war for the Coalition. Each loss is terrible. I saw Greg (Pope) cry at Jason's funeral. Our soldiers need the nation behind them, there should no be no point scoring in the media or any politics. People are losing their lives and it should be a positive collective approach to the war. Cameron should spend more time visiting No.10 to sort out issues instead of running up and down Fleet Street.