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<p>British troops must not &#8220;cut and run&#8221; from Afghanistan and will stay in the war-torn country for &#8220;as long as it takes&#8221;, the new Chief of the Defence Staff has said.</p>
<p>General Sir David Richards ruled out a reduction in Britain&#8217;s current force of 10,000 before 2012 and claimed Britain would be &#8220;shouldering the burden&#8221; over the coming year.</p>
<p>He also suggested that up to 1,000 troops could need to stay in Afghanistan in training roles beyond 2015.</p>
<p>Speaking to The Sun newspaper, Sir David, 58, said: &#8220;We are in a demanding part of Afghanistan and therefore, inevitably, we&#8217;re going to be shouldering the burden at least through next year.</p>
<p>&#8220;After 2015, we&#8217;ll be in a supporting role. But we&#8217;ve expended so much time, effort and, yes, lives on this.</p>
<p>&#8220;The worst of all things would be to get out before we finish the job properly, for want of 1,000 trainers to keep them going for another couple of years.&#8221;</p>
<p>The former head of the Army, who took over the most senior military job from Sir Jock Stirrup last week, added: &#8220;I&#8217;m absolutely clear. We really mean it when we say we will be there for as long as it takes. It&#8217;s so important that we establish in the minds of the Afghan people and of those in the region that Nato is not going to cut and run in Afghanistan.</p>
<p>&#8220;If they thought that for one minute, why would the Afghans continue to fight on their own behalf? Why wouldn&#8217;t they succumb to Taliban pressure?&#8221;</p>
<p>A provisional timetable for Afghans to take control of security across their 34 provinces will be set at a major Nato summit that begins in Lisbon on November 19.</p>
<p>Sir David claimed sending troops into Afghanistan nine years ago was the correct thing to do, but the Government still needed to convince people it is a &#8220;good war&#8221;.</p>
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