Brown to host Afghan exit summit.Summary: Gordon Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. Brown will host international talks to discuss an exit strategy from the conflict in Afghanistan Afghanistan (ăfgăn`ĭstăn', ăfgän'ĭstän`), officially Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 29,929,000), 249,999 sq mi (647,497 sq km), S central Asia. . Gordon Brown will host international talks to discuss an exit strategy from the conflict in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister said he had offered to host fellow leaders in the New Year to discuss future strategy. He said: "I want that conference to chart a comprehensive political framework within which the military strategy can be accomplished. "It should identify a process for transferring, district by district, to full Afghan control and, if at all possible, set a timetable for transfer starting in 2010. "For it is only when the Afghans This is a list of famous Afghans.
He used his annual Guildhall foreign policy speech to say the security chiefs believed there was an opportunity to inflict "significant and long-lasting damage to al-Qaeda". Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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