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The Danish Parliament must now track down 40 ministers and members of the Foreign Policy Committee, or their next of kin, to determine whether researchers behind an independent review of the war in Afghanistan may quote them by name.

Søren Gade sets conditions: »I have not yet made up my mind«

Along with the United States and other Western countries, Denmark in 2021 was forced to flee Afghanistan via Kabul airport after 20 years of involvement in the country, as the Taliban returned to power. Søren Gade served as defense minister from 2004 to 2010, when the largest number of Danish soldiers were killed. Foto: Jacob Ehrbahn
Along with the United States and other Western countries, Denmark in 2021 was forced to flee Afghanistan via Kabul airport after 20 years of involvement in the country, as the Taliban returned to power. Søren Gade served as defense minister from 2004 to 2010, when the largest number of Danish soldiers were killed. Foto: Jacob Ehrbahn
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As defense minister during some of the bloodiest years of the war in Afghanistan, Søren Gade (Venstre, V) played a key role in the decisions behind Denmark’s military effort.

But it is unclear whether the public will now gain insight into what he may have explained, in the decisive years from 2004 to 2010, to Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee.

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