Visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown repeated his government's commitment towards rebuilding post-Taliban Afghanistan.
"We will not relax from our effort to support reconstruction of Afghanistan because we understand that what happens in Afghanistan affects the rest of the world," Brown told reporters at a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Premier Brown, who visited Afghanistan a day after French President Nicolas Sarkozy's tour to the war-torn country, stressed that Britain would continue to support Afghan national army and Afghan police to increase their capability in war on terror.
The French leader visited Afghanistan Wednesday after losing 10of his soldiers in a deadly attack by militants early last Monday and reassured Paris strong support to Kabul in war on Taliban and extremists.
The British Prime Minister who early in the morning visited his troops in the troubled and poppy growing Helmand province in southern Afghanistan maintained that security situation there has considerably improved in comparison to the past years.
He also announced the provision of 17 million U.S. dollars for establishing a radio station in the volatile Helmand province to thwart Taliban militants' propaganda.
Brown, who reassured his government's firm support to the war-battered central Asian state by saying "We are utterly resolute in our determination to support this new democracy of Afghanistan," announced 120 million U.S. dollars for the development of education in the post-Taliban nation.
Karzai expressed his gratitude to the people and government of Britain for their contribution in the rebuilding of his nation.
More than 7,500 British forces mostly in the southern Helmand province have been serving in Afghanistan within the framework of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to stabilize security in the country.
Source: Xinhua
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