Afghanistan Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Monday 6th September 2021

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Pat McFadden Portrait Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab)
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Our troops did a great job at Kabul airport, but the events of recent weeks have exposed the limitations of our ability to act outwith the umbrella of the United States, even if we wanted to choose a different path. What is the Prime Minister’s response to the exposure of those limitations?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I do not agree with what the right hon. Gentleman said. The particular case of Afghanistan was one in which America was very much engaged because of 9/11. It was America that supplied 98% of the air power—98% of the munitions dropped were from the US. It was overwhelmingly a US-led mission, but that does not mean that the UK cannot and will not co-operate with other friends and partners around the world. That is what we are going to continue to do.