War in Afghanistan: we should keep asking why we are there, says Cameron - Guardian

The prime minister, who said on his recent visit to troops in Helmand that this was a "crucial year", said: "We are paying a high price for keeping our country safe, for making our world a safer place, and we should keep asking why we are there and how long we must be there."

He added: "The truth is that we are there because the Afghans are not yet ready to keep their own country safe and to keep terrorists and terrorist training camps out of their country. That's why we have to be there. But as soon as they are able to take care and take security for their own country, that is when we can leave."

Liam Fox, the defence secretary, said Britain's armed forces were in Afghanistan "protecting our national security as part of an international coalition of more than 45 nations, working alongside the Afghan National Army and police"...... - War in Afghanistan: we should keep asking why we are there, says Cameron

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