Britain To Host Conference on Afghanistan 30/11/09

		Britain To Host Conference on Afghanistan 30/11/09
Gordon Brown annuncia la Conferenza di Londra a gennaio: istituzioni e forze armate afgane al centro del dibattito Source: quqnoos
Posted	30 Novembre 2009	news
Britain To Host Conference on Afghanistan Testo e foto di Quqnoos.com Sunday, 29 November 2009 11:48 The international community will gather in Britain in January to discuss building Afghan institutions and bolster the Afghan forces The conference will be held on Jan 28 next year, where members of the international coalition will discuss plans for handing control of the country back to local authorities. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to make the announcement Saturday from the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad. US President Barack Obama, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and all other major contributors to the coalition fighting in Afghanistan will be invited. Brown said Afghan President Hamid Karzai would be asked to commit to boosting his country's army, police and local governance during the meeting. “Within three months, our benchmark is that the Afghan government should have identified additional troops to send to Helmand province for training. This is part of our idea that we will build up the Afghan army by nearly 50,000 over the next year,” he said. “Within six months, we will want a clear plan for police training that means corruption is being dealt with and we have a police force that works with the local community rather than sometimes against it,” the Prime Minister said. Within nine months, President Karzai should have completed the process of appointing 400 provincial and district governors, he added. Brown said the milestones would put in place the conditions for control of Afghanistan to be handed over to Afghan authorities, district by district, and for British troops to withdraw. He said that a timetable for a British troop withdrawal would only happen when the Afghan army and police show themselves capable of maintaining security in growing areas of the country.