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UK troops in Afghanistan
UK troops in Afghanistan

Page last updated at 21:58 GMT, Saturday, 11 July 2009 22:58 UK

BBC correspondent Ian Pannell, embedded with British troops on the front line in Afghanistan, reports on the bloody struggle against the Taliban.
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