Proceeding contribution from David Miliband (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 April 2011. It occurred during Urgent question on Escape of Taliban Prisoners.
Escape of Taliban Prisoners
I very much welcome the sober and serious remarks of the Minister today, which stand in sharp contrast to the claim of the Defence Secretary in the House last July, when he said:"““In Kandahar, and under the direct oversight of President Karzai, Afghan security forces are leading operations as part of a rising tide of security””.—[Official Report, 7 July 2010; Vol. 511, c. 373.]" May I ask the Minister to respond to two points? First, there should be an absolute ban on that kind of happy talk. Secondly, is it not time for the United Nations to appoint a mediator to take forward precisely the political settlement that he and I agree is so essential to our exit from Afghanistan and its development as some kind of secure and stable society?
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