Britain pledges 300 extra troops and USD 10 million to Afghanistan to assist carrying out the country's next year presidential elections.
After coming back from a visit to the region over the weekend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told British lawmakers that the UK troops would be sent to the southern province of Helmand to boost the forces fighting Taliban in the area.
He claimed that British troops helped the Afghan army and police to 'spread the rule of law' to 'empty places' that support terrorism. However, Brown failed to specify if the UK forces would be sent to Afghanistan at the same time the US plans a major surge.
The increase brings the number of the British troops deployed in Afghanistan from just over 8,000 to 8,300. |