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Gordon Brown is to outline to the Commons the government's revised strategy for the war in Afghanistan, following his visit to the country. Gordon Brown is to outline to MPs the government's revised strategy for the war in Afghanistan, following his visit to the country.
He is expected to say Pakistan - which was also on his tour - must be part of a solution to Afghanistan's problems.He is expected to say Pakistan - which was also on his tour - must be part of a solution to Afghanistan's problems.
Mr Brown has spoken of a "chain of terror" linking the region to the UK.Mr Brown has spoken of a "chain of terror" linking the region to the UK.
The prime minister is unlikely to commit further UK soldiers to the war, other than those to provide security at the forthcoming presidential election. The prime minister is unlikely to commit more UK soldiers to Afghanistan, other than those to provide security at the forthcoming presidential election.
Mr Brown's statement comes just hours after a British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan. Mr Brown's statement comes hours after a British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan.
The soldier, who was serving with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards died on Tuesday in an explosion while on foot patrol near Gereshk in Helmand Province.
The soldier's name is expected to be released by the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday.
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The soldier, who was serving with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards died on Tuesday in an explosion while on foot patrol near Gereshk in Helmand Province.
The soldier is expected to be named by the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday.
The so-called "Af-Pak" solution is likely to echo US President Obama's new policy unveiled in March.The so-called "Af-Pak" solution is likely to echo US President Obama's new policy unveiled in March.
The BBC's international development correspondent David Loyn said the UK was also expected to back its latest thinking with £500m in aid. FROM THE TODAY PROGRAMME class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/default.stm">More from Today programme
BBC correspondent David Loyn said the UK was also expected to back its strategy with £500m in aid.
Mr Brown will tell MPs that efforts to counter extremism must be concentrated on those areas where al-Qaeda and the Taleban operate with impunity.Mr Brown will tell MPs that efforts to counter extremism must be concentrated on those areas where al-Qaeda and the Taleban operate with impunity.
The prime minister has said that three-quarters of terrorist activity in Britain originates from the border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan.The prime minister has said that three-quarters of terrorist activity in Britain originates from the border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
During his trip to the two countries, Mr Brown said efforts to defeat international terrorism had to be made in Helmand Province and in neighbouring Pakistan.During his trip to the two countries, Mr Brown said efforts to defeat international terrorism had to be made in Helmand Province and in neighbouring Pakistan.
"Our approach to these countries is different, but must be complementary," he said."Our approach to these countries is different, but must be complementary," he said.
Former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown, said the UK and other Nato countries had failed to achieve their objectives in Afghanistan and risked the same outcome in Pakistan.
"The time to turn this round is diminishing and diminishing fast," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
The peer, who served as the UN's High Representative and EU envoy to Bosnia from 2002 to 2005, was last year blocked from being UN envoy to Afghanistan by President Hamid Karzai.
He said the UK needed to "reduce its ambitions" for political and social change in the two countries, focusing instead on preventing terrorists from using them as a base to plan attacks overseas.
Instead of criticising the Afghan and Pakistani governments for inaction and corruption, the international community must provide more development aid and, in Afghanistan, not simply pursue a military strategy, he said.
"If you go about chasing the enemy wherever they go and in the consequence kill civilians rather than holding ground, the result is you are not just going to be killing terrorists but also making enemies," he said.
He said military action had to be part of a political strategy "whose centrepiece is the protection of citizens and the improvement of their lifestyles".
"Unless we do that we cannot win," he said.