Britain all set for rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan
 

* David Cameron sets stage for eventual UK withdrawal from Afghanistan as he visits Kabul
* British and US troops need to move ‘further and faster’ in stabilising the country, prime minister says in press conference with Hamid Karzai
* Nobody wants British troops to be in Afghanistan a moment longer than is necessary. The president doesn’t, the Afghan people don’t, the British people don’t."
David Cameron set the stage for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan when he declared that Britain and the US needed to move "further and faster" in stabilising the country.

In his first visit to Kabul as prime minister, Cameron said that nobody in Britain or Afghanistan wanted troops to remain a day longer than they were needed.

Cameron announced a series of measures to help stabilise the country.he made it clear that he wanted to see faster progress in Afghanistan. "We should all the time be asking: can we go further, can we go faster? Nobody wants British troops to be in Afghanistan a moment longer than is necessary. The president doesn’t, the Afghan people don’t, the British people don’t."
Cameron said the additional aid funding for Afghanistan would be used to build up its army, police and civil service capacity in what he said was a crucial year to make progress in stabilising the country.

Cameron said that alongside the Nato-led military surge which has been under way for six months, there must be a "proper political settlement".
He welcomed last week’s Kabul peace meeting

Cameron is keen to adopt a fresh approach to Afghanistan after the last government was damaged by persistent reports that it had failed to equip British troops properly when the decision was taken to deploy to southern Afghanistan in 2006.