Britain 'ready' to send more troops

Nov 17 2009

Allied troops must stay in Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban filling any "vacuum", the Foreign Secretary has said.

David Miliband told delegates at the Nato Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh that Britain would be "ready" to send more troops as part of an agreed strategy.

He said: "I, as much as anyone else, want to bring our troops back home to safety. But we cannot leave a vacuum which the Taliban will quickly fill, and under their umbrella, Al Qaida quickly follow."