UK to stay in Afghanistan 'as long as it takes'

British troops will stay in Afghanistan for "as long as it takes", the new head of the British armed forces said in an interview published on Monday, suggesting 1,000 British trainers could stay beyond 2015.

Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain, which has the second-biggest foreign troop contingent in Afghanistan after the United States, could start withdrawing its troops as early as next year. (Reuters)