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| UK troops 'to leave Afghanistan as planned' | UK troops 'to leave Afghanistan as planned' |
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| Plans to keep nearly 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan will not affect the timetable for UK soldiers coming home, the BBC understands. | Plans to keep nearly 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan will not affect the timetable for UK soldiers coming home, the BBC understands. |
| Intentions for all British troops to leave Camp Bastion by the end of this year remain in place. | Intentions for all British troops to leave Camp Bastion by the end of this year remain in place. |
| Between 160 and 180 British service personnel will continue to run a training facility north-west of Kabul. | |
| The British government was concerned about whether sufficient US troops would remain to offer them protection. | The British government was concerned about whether sufficient US troops would remain to offer them protection. |
| President Barack Obama said he is to keep 9,800 soldiers in the country after the US ends its combat mission there at the end of this year. | |
| The announcement followed a surprise visit by the president to Kabul over the weekend, where he met US troops. | |
| His plan calls for troop levels to be reduced from its current force of 32,000 by the end of 2014. | His plan calls for troop levels to be reduced from its current force of 32,000 by the end of 2014. |
| BBC political editor Nick Robinson said: "I understand that they had expected the US to keep between 10,000 and 12,000. | BBC political editor Nick Robinson said: "I understand that they had expected the US to keep between 10,000 and 12,000. |
| "The announcement by President Obama that 9,800 US troops will remain until 2016 is considered sufficient to ensure the safety of British personnel." | "The announcement by President Obama that 9,800 US troops will remain until 2016 is considered sufficient to ensure the safety of British personnel." |
| The British service personnel who are to remain in Afghanistan will run the training camp there. | |
| It is thought the number of US troops remaining will be enough to offer "life support" to the facility. |