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Afghanistan and Yemen

As I said today and last Thursday, comparing the effort that is being made to ensure that there is security and employment for former Taliban who come into the political system in Afghanistan with the rental that is paid by the Taliban to attack their own communities, never mind our forces, is a comparison that I do not recognise. Nor do I recognise my hon. Friend's reference to corruption, certainly not—I am sure that he would not have been suggesting this—in respect of our own efforts. The equivalence that he seeks to suggest is one that I do not think is right.