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Your support makes all the difference.Nato forces are “on the road to winning” the war in Afghanistan, the outgoing commander of the military alliance in the country has said.
General John Allen, who handed over to General Joseph Dunford yesterday, spent much of his tour overseeing the transfer of security to the Afghan army ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign troops in 2014.
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