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Page last updated at 06:54 GMT, Monday, 9 June 2008 07:54 UK

UK Afghan toll reaches 100 deaths

On the death of the 100th member of the British forces in Afghanistan, Professor Michael Clarke, director of the United Services Institute, says the military have succeeded in establishing a stalemate with the Taleban. And Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, the commander of the task force in Helmand, gives his analysis of the situation on the ground.

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