What Should the UK Be Doing in Afghanistan?

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i think there's a sense of fear people sometimes have about why somebody might want to come to this country. And the second thing is, i think that we need to sort of encourage the idea of communal belonging when people do get here. I suppose the points of your questionis, are supposed to be more hopeful about what new people can bring to a culture and to an economy. Yo, mentioned the situation in afghanistan. What should briton be doing in your opinion? That's sort of beyond my pay grade to some extent but i do think that, i think i saidi's the thing i just said earlier.

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