Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the announcement that the US will be withdrawing 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year.President Barack Obama announced last night that 10,000 US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan this year and another 23,000 by the end of September 2012. There are currently around 90,000 US troops in Afghanistan.
Responding to the announcement, Mr Cameron said:
“I have spoken with President Obama and welcome his announcement to draw down the US troop surge from Afghanistan.“The surge by the US and international partners, supported by an increase in the number of Afghan army and police, has reversed the momentum of the insurgency and created the right conditions for security responsibility to begin to transfer to the Afghans from July.“We will keep UK force levels in Afghanistan under constant review. I have already said there will be no UK troops in combat roles in Afghanistan by 2015 and, where conditions on the ground allow, it is right that we bring troops home sooner.“We remain side by side with Afghanistan and our international partners to achieve a military and political solution in Afghanistan that will allow the Afghan people take full responsibility for their own sovereignty and national security.”
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