Is my right hon. Friend at all concerned about reports in today's newspapers that the United States has been funding militia groups in Afghanistan that could possibly spread to Pakistan? Does that not constitute a revisiting of United States support for militia groups at the time of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, and could it not sow the seeds for future problems?
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence
Proceeding contribution from
Jeremy Corbyn
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 November 2009.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence.
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