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Afghanistan and Yemen

Does my right hon. Friend accept that there is growing impatience in this country with such a long-standing war—as he stated, it has been going on for eight years—when there is no sight of any kind of military victory in the recognisable sense? Therefore, is it not right to put as much emphasis as possible on a political settlement, which must involve, as my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) indicated, all insurgents? We must speak to the enemy at some stage—the sooner the better.