US-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai is calling on the international community to send more troops to fight in Afghanistan.

Hamid Karzai : “At the same time, we would like to have the international community continue to add to the building of the Afghan forces, continue to add to the Afghanization of this whole exercise, so that Afghanistan can be ready in time to take on the responsibility of defending the Afghan country with Afghan institutions and Afghan ability.”

Karzai spoke in Kabul during a meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.