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The prime minister says there is no rift with David Miliband Gordon Brown is in Afghanistan on a surprise visit to British troops, en route to the Olympics in Beijing. He met British troops in Helmand province before moving on to the presidential palace in Kabul where he will meet President Hamid Karzai. Meanwhile three Nato troops have died in Ghazni province. This week 10 French soldiers died in a Taleban attack. Mr Brown said a summer offensive by the Taleban had been expected after a relatively quiet spring. "We've got to be prepared for anything that may happen," he said. He admitted British forces were fighting a very difficult campaign but insisted that coalition forces could cope with a change in tactics, such as more head-on confrontations and guerrilla warfare, suicide bombs and roadside explosions. He played down... [read full story]
