David Cameron has breakfast with British troops in Afghanistan.
The UK government has ruled out any involvement in providing extensive logistical advice to Afghanistan until 2020 as proposed by NATO military commanders on the ground.
Military commanders have concluded that local security forces will be unable to commission full operations when NATO mission comes to an end at the end of 2014.
However, Prime Minister David Cameron dismissed any further UK involvement after 2014 when he visited British troops at the Camp Bastion in Helmand province.
“There will be no British combat troops after the end of 2014. British troops are coming home. That is happening right now”, he told a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
“After 2015, we have said that our contribution will be an officer-training academy, which President Karzai asked us to establish. We have not made any other commitments, and nor have we been asked to. Of course, other Nato countries may choose to do more and assist the Afghan forces – not in a combat role”, added Cameron.
This comes as British military commanders have concluded that Afghan forces will not have built their capacity to full operational levels by the time NATO combat troops leave at the end of 2014.
The signs of disagreement between the UK government and the military emerged as the prime minister visited Afghanistan amid heavy security after the recent Taliban attack on the green zone in Kabul.
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Republished with permission from:: Press TV