Britain’s Prime Minister popped over to Afghanistan on Thursday to reaffirm that 2010 would be the “vital year” for his country’s military campaign against the Taliban, a claim made in the face of one of the toughest weeks against coalition forces in the past few years. —JCL The New York Times: . Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain flew to Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, saying this would be the “vital year” for the campaign against the Taliban. “This is the year when we have to make progress — progress for the sake of the Afghan people, but progress also on behalf of people back at home who want this to work,” Mr. Cameron said. He said an increase in the number of British troops in Afghanistan, now about 10,000, was “not remotely on the U.K. agenda.” He made clear that Britain’s goal was to hand over security responsibilities to Afghan forces as soon as possible. At a news conference with the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, Mr. Cameron said, “No one wants British troops to stay in Afghanistan for a day longer than is necessary.” Read more Related Entries June 9, 2010 Kandahar Test [A Cartoon From UAE] June 8, 2010 Newest National Security Strategy Is an Elaboration of the Old
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British PM: 2010 ‘Vital’ For Afghanistan
