Tom Tugendhat, the Tory chairman of the foreign affairs committee who served in Afghanistan, reflects on the sacrifice of his friends who served alongside him.

"Like many veterans, this last week has been one that has seen me struggle through anger and grief and rage," he said.

"A feeling of abandonment, not just of the country, but of the sacrifice that my friends made."

Sounding emotional, he adds: "I've watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a part of me. A part of all of us.

Describing the image of a man carrying his dead child through Helmand Province, he tells MPs: "This is what defeat looks like: when you no longer have the choice of how to help."

"This doesn't need to be defeat. But at the moment, it damn well feels like it."

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