DEFENCE Secretary and Coventry MP Bob Ainsworth returned to home territory with hostility from Afghanistan war opponents who demanded the Government engages in talks with the Muslim world and the Taliban.

Leading the attack at last night’s fractious debate at the Central Methodist Hall against the Government’s ambition of creating a secure Afghanistan partly through force was Bruce Kent, honorary vice-president of CND.

Also the chair of the Movement for the Abolition of War, he told Mr Ainsworth: “There should be talks with the Taliban in neutral countries and talk about their aims. They are not fanatical maniacs. Their aims are not insensible.”  Read more... (282 words, 1 image, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

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