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Britain To Pull Out 500 More Troops From Afghanistan

July 06, 2011

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron says that a further 500 British military personnel will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2012.

Following the 400 British personnel already returning home this year, this will leave a core of 9,000.

Addressing Parliament, Cameron reiterated the government's "commitment" that British troops would no longer be involved in a combat role in Afghanistan from 2015.

President Barack Obama announced last month that U.S. military personnel numbers in Afghanistan will be reduced by 10,000 this year and a further 23,000 by the end of September 2012.

compiled from agency reports

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/britain_to_pull_out_500_more_troops_afghanistan/24257562.html

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