Schools and health centres built by the British in Afghanistan as part of the military's counter-insurgency strategy are being forced to close down because President Karzai's government cannot afford to pay for them, the Guardian has learned. Britain has spent hundreds of millions of pounds in the province over the last six years building and restoring services decimated by conflict and the years
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