(13 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST
POOL
Kabul
1. Various of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arriving at presidential palace, meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai
2. Various Brown and Karzai on podium for guard of honour
3. Various of Brown and Karzai inspecting guard of honour
AP TELEVISION
Kabul
4. Brown and Karzai entering news conference
5. Cutaway media
AP TELEVISION
Kabul
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister
"I too would like to refer to the death of four very brave soldiers who were lost carrying out their duties in a spirit of sacrifice and service, and I've said already today that for the Taliban to engage is such cowardly behaviour that means that a 13 year old young boy is used to kill British troops is something that will offend public opinion, not just in Afghanistan and Britain but right across the world."
7. Wide shot Brown and Karzai at news conference
AP TELEVISION
Kabul
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister
"I've come here to offer the thanks of the British people to our troops, as I've done when I've met them today. And I've come here to show solidarity with the Afghan people, and to remind us all that the reason why 41 countries are in Afghanistan in support of the democracy of Afghanistan is that we will not allow the Taliban or terrorists to defy the democratic will of the Afghan people, and we will not allow the Taliban to use Afghanistan, and so our troops here are a frontline against the Taliban, and I've said before, there is a chain of terror that comes from the Pakistani and Afghan mountains right across Europe and can end up very easily on the streets of Britain. And British people are safer today because we have our troops working with the Afghan people and other nations to act against terrorism and to defend the security of our people."
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Kabul
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hamid Karzai, Afghan President
"An increase in troops should be in the Afghan borders with Pakistan to prevent infiltration of terrorists into Afghanistan, and also in the areas where the Taliban are causing casualties and causing an obstruction to our reconstruction efforts and to the expansion of the government services, so in areas where we need the troops are where we need to expand governance and reconstruction and to prevent actively cross-border activity by the terrorists."
10. Brown and Karzai shake hands at end of news conference, turn to go
POOL
Helmand province
11. Pan from British troops to Brown
12. Wide of troops with Brown
13. Brown shaking hands with troops
STORYLINE:
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday that the presence of international troops in Afghanistan was critical to stemming terrorism and supporting the forthcoming Afghan elections.
He was speaking in the Afghan capital Kabul where he met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and inspected an honour guard, before they held a joint press conference.
"We will not allow the Taliban or terrorists to defy the democratic will of the Afghan people, and we will not allow the Taliban to use Afghanistan, and so our troops here are a frontline against the Taliban, and I've said before, there is a chain of terror that comes from the Pakistani and Afghan mountains right across Europe and can end up very easily on the streets of Britain," Brown said.
Earlier on Saturday, Brown visited troops in Helmand province, a day after four British soldiers were killed in the volatile region.
One was killed by a roadside bomb, while three others were killed by a 13-year-old who had hidden explosives under a stack of newspapers in a wheelbarrow.
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