British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to offer to send up to 1,000 troops this summer to improve security ahead of Afghanistan's presidential election in August.
Reports said Brown would make the announcement in Strasbourg, where he is attending a NATO summit, marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the alliance.
The British troop surge would only be temporary, and would depend on similar action by its allies, reports indicate.
Britain's move is coming in the wake of reports that the Taliban is planning to disrupt the elections.
Brown discussed the idea during talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in London Wednesday, indicating that the two countries were the most willing nations among NATO members to expose their troops to serious danger overseas in the fight against Islamist terrorism.
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