Britain's Kim Howells, who chairs Parliament's security and intelligence committee, called Wednesday for the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan. A major rift in Britain's governing party over the war in Afghanistan... [read full story]
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DianaWest.net 5 November 2009 By Diana West Kim Howells is a British Labour MP who formerly oversaw Afghanistan for the Foreign Office, supported the war there, and now serves as chairman of the parliamentary intelligence and...
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British troops should withdraw from Afghanistan "sooner rather than later", former Labour minister Kim Howells has said. The former foreign office minister suggested that the money saved should be invested in protecting Britain...
guardian.co.uk Afghanistan divides Labour as army death toll rises guardian.co.uk Kim Howells, the defence and security watchdog, wants a phased withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters A major...
The former Foreign Office minister calls for withdrawal As the New Statesman has long argued, and continues to argue, it is time to bring our boys home from the killing fields of Helmand. We are not "winning" the war in...
