No more British troops to Afghanistan says David Cameron by Zuzana Zelenakova

Conservative David Cameron, who was appointed the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on May 11 has made his first official visit to Afghanistan since assuming the office. Aware of the public stance on Britain´s involvement in Afghanistan he acknowledged that people need to see “real and noticeable and marked progress”. Otherwise the support for the mission will be gone altogether. British PM met with President Hamid Karzai in the capital of Kabul and said that "Our overriding focus must be to help the Afghans and to help Afghanistan take control of its own destiny." He also announced that his government will provide £67 million for the British force! s to deal with extremely dangerous roadside bombs, which account for most casualties among soldiers from Western countries. He stressed how important it is not to let al-Qaeda return to Afghanistan, but at the same time said he will not keep the British soldiers in the country “a moment longer than is necessary.” Currently, Britain has about 9,500 troops in Afghanistan and Cameron refuses the idea of sending more, even though he declared Afghanistan “the most important foreign policy issue, the most important national security issue for my country.” Only the United States exceed Britain in number of troops deployed in the NATO mission in Afghanistan. The war in Afghanistan is an ongoing coalition conflict that began back in 2001 as a response to September 11 attacks on the United States. The main aim of the invasion was to capture Osama bin Laden and other top al-Qaeda members and destroy the whole terrorist organization. So far, however, the Taliban! movement, that governed the country since 1996 until the inva! sion, ha s managed to retain its strength. In January 2010, Afghan President Hamid Karzai informed that he intends to reach out to the Taliban leaders in order to organize peace talks.

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