According to the Danish daily Politiken, British PM David Cameron has stated that Britain will redraw troops from Afghanistan before 2015. Before the next election. Since they have already been there for nine years. He stresses the importance of the Afghans being able to take over the security in the country themselves. This requires stability in the country before the pull out can come into effect. This comes after the replacement of US Gen. Stanley McChrystal with Gen. David Petreaus - who has stated that he wants the mission in Afghanistan to be open-ended. Britain has 9.500 troops in Afghanistan - although being the second largest ally, it only amounts to one tenth of the US troops.
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http://politiken.dk/udland/article1004514.ece
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/23/obama-taps-petreaus-who-saved-bush-in-iraq-to-save-war-effort-in-afghanistan/
For further information, please see:
http://politiken.dk/udland/article1004514.ece
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/23/obama-taps-petreaus-who-saved-bush-in-iraq-to-save-war-effort-in-afghanistan/