17/11/2009
" ... in a move designed to address public fears that allied troops could become bogged down in Afghanistan for years to come," reports
The Daily Telegraph (
and others), Gordon Brown has announced that he plans to hold a summit for the Nato allies to discuss a timetable for withdrawal starting in 2010.
He is to offer London as a venue in January and wants the conference to chart a comprehensive political framework within which the military strategy can be accomplished. "It should identify a process for transferring district by district to full Afghan control and set a timetable for transfer starting in 2010," he has said.
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