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Amid calls for the British army to stop the recruitment of 16-year -olds, we heard both sides of the argument. Rachel Taylor is from Child Soldiers International which is one of several groups calling on ministers to change policy. But first an outline of the traditional military view from Colonel Richard Kemp - a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan.

(Pic: Young recruits at the British Army Training Regiment in Winchester; Credit: PA)