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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Britain resists Afghan call for more troops AFP - Friday, November 14 LONDON (AFP) - - Britain played down Thursday the prospect of sending more troops to Afghanistan in the near future, after Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London. Speaking a day after two more British soldiers were killed in the violence-scarred country, and as a poll suggested public support for pulling forces out, Brown's spokesman reiterated London's long-term support for Kabul. "The UK is committed to maintaining troops in Afghanistan until the government of Afghanistan has built sufficient capacity to maintain a stable security situation and the rule of law," he said. But asked after the Downing Street talks if extra British forces were set to be deployed, he said: "I don't agree with the assertion that we now look like we are sending more troops." The defence ministry later denied a BBC report that it was planning to send another 2,000 troops to Afghanistan next year in anticipation of a request for reinforcements from US president-elect Barack Obama. "We have received no request for extra troops," a ministry spokesman said. "While we keep our force levels under continuous review, based on military advice, there is no further intent to increase force levels at this time." Britain has more than 8,000 troops in Afghanistan, largely battling Taliban insurgents in the south, where two Royal Marines were killed Wednesday while on a joint patrol with Afghan forces in the volatile Helmand province. The threat of a growing Taliban insurgency was highlighted by a new suicide attack Thursday in eastern Afghanistan, which killed an American soldier and at least 10 civilians. Speculation over a possible change of US strategy, shifting focus from Iraq to Afghanistan, has grown as Obama prepares to take over from US President George W. Bush on January 20. Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta met British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in London on Wednesday and called openly for more international troops on the front line in the south of the country. But the Downing Street spokesman said Thursday's talks had focused on how British operations in Afghanistan could be enhanced, rather than the possibility of more troops being sent. Neither did Karzai refer to the prospect of more troops -- and insisted that violence in his country was not getting worse, saying after the talks that it was at the same level "as it was for the past year or two". "The whole effort is to make it better and to bring violence down," he said in brief remarks cited by the BBC. A poll Wednesday suggested that more than two-thirds -- 68 percent -- of respondents believed British troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan next year. Only 24 percent said British soldiers should stay there. Professor Michael Clarke, director of the Royal United Services Institute think tank, said some people had a "perception of pointlessness" about the conflict. "The need to build some public support for and understanding of what we are doing in Afghanistan is absolutely essential because otherwise the public will think the losses appear pointless," he said. The defence ministry admitted the government needed to do more to win public backing for the Afghan conflict. The two latest deaths in Afghanistan took the combined toll of British military fatalities there and in Iraq to 300. British charity Oxfam's head of policy for Afghanistan, Matt Waldman, meanwhile warned of a looming aid crisis in the country this winter. "There is an impending humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan with millions of people already facing hunger, and the situation is compounded by higher levels of insecurity than at any point since 2001," he said. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Asia Pacific Nepal to face major power shortage this winterAP - 1 hour 24 minutes ago Pakistan officials: missiles kill 9 in northwestAP - 1 hour 34 minutes ago Acid attacks threaten Afghan schoolgirlsAP - 1 hour 50 minutes ago Former Taiwan leader's son questionedAP - 2 hours 4 minutes ago Nine monks jailed in Myanmar: oppositionAFP - 2 hours 23 minutes ago Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed Ancient 4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt Britney Spears's son hospitalized: statement Earth would be heading to a freeze without CO2 emissions China mulls crackdown on lip-synching Your favorite music = happy heart: study View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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