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Monday 27th November 2017 Commons Chamber

[Vicky Ford (Chelmsford) (Con)]

T9. Will my right hon. Friend provide an update on the work being done by British servicemen and women to train local forces in Afghanistan?

[Gavin Williamson]

We have already seen the announcement of an uplift of 85 personnel, who will be going to Afghanistan to support the work of the Afghan army. We will be supplementing that with an additional 60 service personnel, in order to continue the training and support that the Afghan army needs. While we have seen substantial progress made in Afghanistan, we cannot take that for granted. We must continue to support the Afghan Government as they continue to root out extremism.