The war in Afghanistan will end up costing taxpayers £20billion, it emerged last night.
At a Nato summit in Chicago, David Cameron and other world leaders will tomorrow draw up a firm timetable for pulling combat troops off the frontline against the Taliban.
But official figures show that the war had already cost £17.3billion by the end of March this year on top of regular defence spending since 2001.
The true cost of the war was revealed by the House of Commons Library and will be formally published by the Ministry of Defence later this year.
It puts Britain on course for a bill approaching £20billion by the time British troops hand over responsibility for combat operations in Helmand province. Full story...
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At a Nato summit in Chicago, David Cameron and other world leaders will tomorrow draw up a firm timetable for pulling combat troops off the frontline against the Taliban.
But official figures show that the war had already cost £17.3billion by the end of March this year on top of regular defence spending since 2001.
The true cost of the war was revealed by the House of Commons Library and will be formally published by the Ministry of Defence later this year.
It puts Britain on course for a bill approaching £20billion by the time British troops hand over responsibility for combat operations in Helmand province. Full story...
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