Afghanistan withdrawal: 500 troops to leave next year, David Cameron says

Prime Minister announced in the UK will withdraw 500 troops from Afghanistan next year, where the armed forces begin to move combat missions for the Afghan security forces on Wednesday. The decision comes two weeks after Obama said he intended to withdraw U.S. troops than 33,000 in the country by the end of autumn. The announcement was a controversial move that went against the advice of commanders on the ground. And David Cameron were also under pressure to consider withdrawing from the more radical areas of the province of Helmand, where currently stationed in Britain, but he took a more cautious approach of the White

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Pledged to the United Kingdom and Pakistan, to counter militancy: Zardari meets Cameron

Agreed Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that both countries will continue to work together to counter extremism and promote peace in the region.
At a meeting in 10 Downing Street in London, the two leaders welcomed the ongoing cooperation between the UK and Pakistani governments to counter extremism and violence and extremism. The meeting was attended also chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

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