Brown makes surprise Afghan visit
Chancellor Gordon Brown and Defence Secretary Des Browne have flown to Afghanistan for a surprise visit to British troops.
Mr Brown is set to announce a further £15 million in aid to the strife-torn country to be spent on so-called "quick impact projects" like developing village wells and water supplies.
The Chancellor said: "One of the things I will be saying to the forces I meet is you become ever more aware of the risks and dangers they are having to undergo and the courage and the bravery of the troops themselves."
Of the British personnel held in Iran, the Chancellor said: "Overnight, the UN resolution is calling definitively for their release. That's the unanimous view of the international community.
"The treatment of Faye Turney is cruel, callous, inhuman and unacceptable."
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