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Japan gives at least $5bn in aid to Afghanistan
Japan announced it will give up to US$5bn in aid to Afghanistan over five years, including expanded funding for security services, a pledge timed to set a positive tone for a visit to Tokyo this week by Barack Obama, US president
UK in Afghanistan for ‘four or five years’
British forces will not be able to hand over security in Afghanistan to the country’s army for ‘another four or five years’, the head of the UK’s armed forces, Sir Jock Stirrup, said
Nato blamed for Afghan air strike deaths
The US military is investigating reports that seven members of Afghanistan’s security forces were killed in an air strike launched during an operation to search for two missing American soldiers
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