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Page last updated at 16:17 GMT, Monday, 13 July 2009 17:17 UK

'Progress is being made' in Afghanistan

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Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has urged political colleagues to be ''unfailing in their support'' of British military personnel in Afghanistan.

Speaking in the House of Commons, he added that progress was being made but ''significant security challenges'' remain.

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