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            Britain's Cameron Makes Unannounced Visit to Afghanistan

   by VOA News

   British Prime Minister David Cameron has made an unannounced visit to
   Afghanistan to hold talks with the leaders of the country's new unity
   government.

   Cameron's motorcade arrived at the presidential palace in the capital,
   Kabul, Friday morning and he was seen entering the building.

   The British leader's visit comes after Monday's swearing in of
   President Ashraf Ghani. His election rival Abdullah Abdullah was also
   sworn in as the country's new chief executive in a power-sharing deal
   reached after months of a post-election crisis.

   On Tuesday, officials from Afghanistan and the United States signed a
   bilateral security agreement that will allow nearly 10,000 U.S.
   military and civilian personnel and another 2,000 NATO forces to stay
   after the original December 31 deadline for the international troops to
   exit.

   The pact allows the foreign coalition to continue training Afghan
   security forces and targeting al-Qaida operations in the country.

   Britain currently has close to 3,000 troops in Afghanistan as part of
   the NATO force.  Almost all of them are expected to leave by the end of
   the year.
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