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From Our Own Correspondent

Coming Home Early?

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2012

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Quentin Sommerville in Kabul says an early and substantial drawdown of British troops in Afghanistan is being privately considered David Willey wonders who else at the Vatican - besides the butler on trial for stealing Papal documents -- is dissatisfied with the way the church is being run Frances Harrison meets survivors from the civil war in Sri Lanka as officials there hope cricket will help restore the island's image as a holiday paradise Pascale Harter in Barcelona on the Chinese finding business opportunities amidst the recession in Spain Mattia Cabitza charts Peruvians' relationships with their cats: some revere them as furry family pets, while others think they make a tasty meal.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to a download from the BBC, this is from our own correspondent.

0:04.6

You can hear the version of the program we make for the BBC World Service by visiting our

0:08.6

site at BBC online.

0:10.8

But here's the latest edition broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and introduced by Kate Aide.

0:16.0

Today will the troops be brought home early from Afghanistan because of the growing number of green on blue attacks. The questions left unanswered

0:25.1

after the most serious security breach at the Vatican in living memory. The Chinese

0:30.5

finding business opportunities amid the recession in Spain and should

0:35.7

it be stewed, fried or grilled in local herbs, a range of cooking options at a cat eating

0:41.7

festival in Peru. There's speculation this weekend that

0:45.9

NATO troops might pull out of Afghanistan sooner than planned because of the

0:50.2

number of so-called green-on-blue or Insider attacks on Coalition soldiers there.

0:55.7

At least 52 members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force have been killed

1:00.9

this year in attacks carried out by gunman wearing Afghan police or army

1:05.7

uniform. The current plan is for most foreign combat troops to withdraw from Afghanistan

1:11.2

by the end of 2014.

1:13.0

NATO Defence Ministers will consider their options at a meeting in Brussels next week.

1:18.0

Quentin Somerville in Kabul says it's clear that now resigned to a very different future for Afghanistan.

1:25.0

In a circle of trees at the heart of the international missions HQ in Kabul,

1:30.0

there are 50 flags, one for each of the coalition countries that make up the force that is fighting the Taliban.

1:35.8

Under the branches in the early morning shade, a few hundred soldiers stand still listening

1:41.8

as the names of that week's dead are read aloud.

1:45.2

The first was that of a Jordanian soldier, then a British sergeant and two British captains.

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