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<title><![CDATA[Ex-US diplomat predicts Afghan troop surge failure]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BBC News: BBC News: A senior US diplomat who resigned over the war in Afghanistan has told the BBC that the troop surge there "will not make a difference". Matthew Hoh stepped down from his position in the US state department in October 2009. He told BBC Radio 4 that a political solution was needed to what he called a "35-year-old civil war". Matthew Hoh's resignation was described by one leading American newspaper as having sent "ripples all the way to the White House".]]></description>
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