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Ainsworth: UK troops 'force for good'

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The Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has warned that there are likely to be more British casualties in the days and weeks to come.

In his first major speech since taking office he insisted that the war in Afghanistan is vital to our national security.

The BBC's Caroline Wyatt reports.

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