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Outgoing US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has said he is worried about a potential division within Nato as countries in the north want to focus on the growing threat from Russia, while other alliance members in the south are more worried about the influx of foreign fighters from northern Africa.

The top Republican on the US Senate Armed Services Committee said Nato and Afghan troops would prevail in the war if they could succeed in securing and bolstering governance in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

The US Senate Armed Services Committee said today it would hold a public hearing into the allegations of abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib “at the first opportunity”.