Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been talking up British successes in Afghanistan as visits troops in Helmand province.

Nick Clegg the Liberal Democrat leader was last night praised for breaking the crossparty consensus on the conflict in Afghanistan despite the commander of British troops in the region claiming the war is being won.

Over at the Daily Telegraph Nick Clegg argues is time for a new strategy and fresh commitment to Afghanistan. Here’s an excerpt: As leader of the Liberal Democrats, I have been keen to maintain the cross-party consensus on Afghanistan that formed after September 11, and has not faltered since. But recent events have led me to

 Commenting as Gordon Brown visits Baghdad for talks with Iraqi prime minister Nouri Maliki, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said: “Our troops are overstaying in Iraq and overstretched in Afghanistan. That is why Gordon Brown should take the decision to withdraw all remaining British troops in southern Iraq so that we can do the increasingly difficult job in southern Afghanistan. “W...

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Top Story The United States is aiming to send 20,000 to 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan before this summer, according to Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Three thousand will be sent next month. Most of the troops will be sent to bolster struggling European forces in Southern Afghanistan. Though he stressed that progress had been made by the troops already there,...

Gordon Brown insists UK armed forces are making progress in Afghanistan, despite the death toll among personnel passing 200.

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg will reveal the progress made in his constitutional reform ambitions when he addresses Parliament today, he announced yesterday.

I voted for Nick Clegg in the 2007 Liberal Democrat leadership election and, as readers of this blog will know, it was a far from easy decision. I voted for Nick not because I thought he would make an impressive Party Leader from day one but because I suspected he wouldn't. However, what I did see was a work in progress and a man with the potential to become an outstanding political figure. A...

Writing for yesterday’s Independent, on Remembrance Sunday, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg proposed a three-step approach to finding a solution to Afghanistan and Iraq: First, Britain should support a troop surge in Afghanistan, one made possible by the urgent withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. Now that Obama has advocated such a switch, isn’t it