Mother’s plea for Afghan withdrawal

The mother of a soldier who died in Afghanistan has demanded British troops be withdrawn from the country – on the 11th anniversary of the start of the war.

Caroline Munday, whose son James died in a blast in Helmand in 2008, spoke at a protest against the war yesterday before delivering a letter to Downing Street.

She was among politicians and activists who gathered in Trafalgar Square, central London, to read out the names of some of the troops and Afghan civilians who have died since the start of the conflict in 2001.

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The few dozen protesters with banners and placards then marched down Whitehall where Ms Munday dropped off a letter to Downing Street.

“I’m here to speak out for mums,” she said. “I think our soldiers are amazing and I’m behind them, I support them. But I also know what it feels like to have lost a son in Afghanistan.”