Cameron insists UK will stick to the plan in Afghanistan Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain will not be swayed from the mission plan in Afghanistan, despite growing tensions between western forces and the Afghan population. The announcement comes after a US soldier, believed to be operating alone, left his base in Kandahar on Saturday night before entering several local homes and shooting dead as many as 16 civilians. He later handed himself in to authorities at the base. The Taliban have since promised reprisals against all western forces, whilst the events of Saturday are likely to increase resentment against foreign troops amongst the local population. The Prime Minister, however, told a press conference that the UK must not be swayed by events happening in the country, and that the British policy of a planned withdrawal must be maintained. "It's an appalling thing that's happened, and of course it will have its impact," he told reporters. But we must make sure it does not derail the very hard work that American and British and other ISAF forces are doing in Afghanistan.