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A bitter blow for long term Afghan strategy

The killing of five British soldiers by an Afghan policeman they were mentoring has caused many to question the military mission in Afghanistan once more.

Mark Urban reports now on whether the strategy for training and empowering local troops can ever succeed when it can seemingly be undermined so easily, and what this means for any potential exit strategy.

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