ASIA-PACIFIC Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, on Sunday sought to mend frayed relations with Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s newly re-elected president, during a visit to see British troops in the war-torn country.
During an unannounced trip to southern Afghanistan, Mr Brown said the Afghan government needed to show its determination to confront the Taliban as the US and its allies send more troops to try to tackle the spreading insurgency.
