Plaid Aims to Force Brown to Set Date for Afghanistan Exit ; Hopes Pinned On Speaker Allowing Amendment to Queen's Speech

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PLAID CYMRU yesterday launched a bid to force a parliamentary vote on a withdrawal timetable for British troops in Afghanistan.

Plaid, together with the SNP and a group of Labour MPs, have tabled an amendment to this week's Queen's Speech debate demanding Ministers set the date for a final pull-out.

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Plaid Aims to Force Brown to Set Date for Afghanistan Exit ; Hopes Pinned On Speaker Allowing Amendment to Queen's Speech

The call comes after the bloodiest 12 months of Britain's mission to Afghanistan. Of the 235 UK deaths since the invasion in 2001, 98 have come this year.

Plaid have long ca...

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