A senior Afghan commander who has advised the Prime Minister has warned that withdrawing British troops from Afghanistan will spark a ‘global jihad’. The damaging comments come on the day David Cameron hosts a high-profile summit at Chequers to discuss plans to combat the Taliban and other terrorist threats after American and British troops pull out next year. But in an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Colonel Amin Jan of the Afghan National Army (ANA) said that removing British forces from Afghanistan will allow Al Qaeda and the Taliban to seize power. Combat zone: Col Jan, second left, with David Cameron and Chief of Defence Staff General Sir David Richards at Camp Bastion in 2011
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David Cameron is hosting a summit to discuss plans to combat the Taliban after U.S. and British troops pull out next year
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Colonel Amin Jan says Taliban will seize power if British forces withdraw
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