The man in charge of US forces in Afghanistan has said the insurgency there will "lose momentum" within a year.
General Stanley McChrystal made the prediction to members of Congress, where he has been defending the decision to send 30,000 more troops to fight the Taliban.
Jonathan Beale reports.
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