Cameron and Karzai holding talks

January 28, 2012

David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai are to sign a pledge setting out the next stage in relations between Britain and Afghanistan. At bilateral talks the leaders will discuss security progress as well as the future support needed from the international community following the withdrawal of troops in 2014. That will be backed up by the signing of an "enduring strategic partnership", which renews a 2005 agreement and sets out a shared vision of a secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan able to maintain its own security and prevent the country from being used as a safe haven for international terrorists, officials said. It also sets out how the two countries will work together…