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Major Richard Streatfield - Former British Army Officer

14/04/2014 GMT

Former British Army Officer - Major Richard Streatfeild

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Is it time to acknowledge failure, as the British military pull out from Afghanistan?

The British military pull out from Afghanistan will soon be completed. Digesting the painful lessons from a 12-year deployment will take a whole lot longer. Hardtalk speaks to Richard Streatfeild, a former infantry officer in Helmand during some of the toughest fighting with the Taliban. Back then he kept an upbeat audio diary of life on the frontline; now he takes a more jaundiced view of Britain’s Afghan commitment. Is it time to acknowledge failure?

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