UK to streamline Afghan strike approval process

by Tim Ripley

UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace has revealed that his ministry is working to streamline the approval process for future kinetic strikes against terrorist targets in Afghanistan.

Speaking during a Policy Exchange think-tank panel at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on 5 October, Wallace said the move was part of a new drive to create a “campaigning mindset” within the head office of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London.

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