New British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that 2010 is “the vital year” for Nato to show progress in Afghanistan, and he doesn’t want British forces to stay in the country a moment longer than necessary.

Two more American troops were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military said, extending a spike of bloodshed into a second day and pushing the Nato losses in the country to 23 in just over a week

President Hamid Karzai ordered a review on Sunday of all cases of Taliban suspects being held in Afghan jails and said those being detained on doubtful evidence must be released.

Afghanistan’s intelligence chief and interior minister resigned on Sunday to take responsibility for allowing militants to elude a massive security operation and launch an attack on last week’s national “peace jirga”. President Hamid Karzai’s office said that he had accepted the resignations of interior minister Hanif Atmar and National Directorate of Security chief Amrullah Saleh because the explanation they gave for last Wednesday’s attack was “not satisfactory”.