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UK's Brown in Afghanistan, meets Karzai after spat
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December 13, 2009, Sunday
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BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Afghan President Hamid Karzai on an unannounced visit today, aiming to fix a relationship that has frayed as the Afghan war grows deadlier and more unpopular.
Brown, whose troops have this year faced Britain's deadliest fighting in a generation, said the next few months would be critical in Afghanistan as the United States and it allies ramp up their forces to turn the tide against Taliban insurgents.
"What we need to show is that there's a determination to take on the Taliban and to weaken them, but also a determination on the part of the Afghan government to play a bigger part in the future in what is to be done," Brown told reporters at Kandahar air field, where he spent the night before meeting Karzai.
Brown, whose troops have this year faced Britain's deadliest fighting in a generation, said the next few months would be critical in Afghanistan as the United States and it allies ramp up their forces to turn the tide against Taliban insurgents.
"What we need to show is that there's a determination to take on the Taliban and to weaken them, but also a determination on the part of the Afghan government to play a bigger part in the future in what is to be done," Brown told reporters at Kandahar air field, where he spent the night before meeting Karzai.
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