UK 'must complete Afghan mission'
Updated on 21 December 2008
Britain will consider "very, very carefully" any request from incoming US President Barack Obama for more UK troops to be sent to Afghanistan, Defence Secretary John Hutton said.
Mr Hutton did not rule out adding further to Britain's commitment in Afghanistan, following Prime Minister Gordon Brown's announcement last week of a increase by around 300 to 8,300 troops in the country.
But he pointed out that Britain already provides the second largest contribution to Nato's ISAF security force in Afghanistan, after the Americans.
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