UK Military Cannot Return to Afghanistan: Former NATO Head

UK Military Cannot Return to Afghanistan: Former NATO Head
Lord Robertson in an undated file photo. David Jones/PA
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The former head of NATO has said the UK military cannot return to Afghanistan after the country was retaken by the Taliban on Sunday.

Lord Robertson, who served as general secretary of the military alliance between 1999 and 2004—and issued a statement invoking article five of the treaty that provides for collective defence after the attack on the World Trade Centre on 9/11—said on Monday that the UK should focus on increasing its defences against terrorism at home.