Nearly 4,000 troops to leave Afghanistan by end of 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron says nearly 4,000 troops will come home from Afghanistan by 2013, leaving 5,200.
This means that 3,800 troops will pull out of Afghanistan after next summer, that is 4,300 fewer than the peak for the last few summers.
Afghan troop withdrawal 'difficult and dangerous'
A Conservative backbencher has said that the government's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan will be "difficult and dangerous".
UK troop withdrawal from Afghanistan 'may accelerate'
ITV News understands that Britain's withdrawal from Afghanistan may be speeded up with troop numbers almost halved in the next year.