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March 22nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda George Osborne, the Chancellor, said spending on the Afghan war would be 2.4 billion pounds less than expected in the years up to 2015, the date in which the UK will withdraw all its troops from the war-ravaged South Asian country, Reuters reported.
“UK forces will cease combat operations by the end of 2014. As a consequence … the cost of operations … are expected to be a total of 2.4 billion pounds lower than planned over the remainder of the parliament,” Osborne told the Commons while presenting his annual budget.
A Treasury official said the cash would pay for tax cuts, part of plans to stimulate Britain’s sagging economy.
The current parliament ends in 2015 and Britain has long said it would withdraw the bulk of its 9,500 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
It has said it will withdraw 500 soldiers this year but has not revealed its plans for reducing troop numbers after that.
The diversion of funding could mean it envisages a significant drawdown of forces during 2013.
According to official figures, Britain has spent at least 13.3 billion pounds on the conflict since 2001, in addition to normal defense spending.
Pressure has grown in recent months for the return of British troops after a series of setbacks, including the killing earlier this month of six soldiers in an explosion in southern Helmand province, where most British troops are based.
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