It is now the second largest troop contributor to the continuing US-led mission in Afghanistan.
Both Mr. Brown, and the Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, support President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan, where Britain is the second largest troop contributor.
Britain, with 9,100 troops, is the second largest troop contributor to the coalition, behind 63,000 Americans, and any hint that Britain might reconsider its commitment could send other nations hastening to the exit.
LONDON — As President Obama moves closer to a decision on the United States military's request for more troops in Afghanistan, the British government has made an unflinching commitment to continue its role as the second largest troop provider in the 43-nation coalition fighting the war.
Mr. Saakashvili's government has also supported the United States by deploying troops in Iraq and is the third largest contributor of troops, after America and Britain.
One is the war in Afghanistan, where Germany, the third largest contributor of troops after the United States and Britain, has more than 5,200 soldiers, based mainly in the north.
With 3,500 troops in Afghanistan, set to rise to 4,500 this year, Germany has the third-largest troop presence there.
With the planned deployment of troops later this summer in Kurdish areas of northern Iraq, South Korea will become the third largest contributor of foreign troops, after the United States and Britain.
If the government has its way, South Korea will have the third largest number of foreign troops in Iraq, behind the United States and Britain.
CSA was a tried and tested workforce that had responded to every need of its (customer)...CSA is now entering its ninth year of supporting the largest troop movement since WWII.
