In the UK, critics in industry and local government are also wondering how the British government will organise the chain of recovery and recycling, who will pay, and who will monitor the recycling to ensure targets are hit.

BBC: Pile of waste

In Britain some local-government bodies are reportedly moving their deposits from Santander's British bank, even though it is locally capitalised and supervised.

ECONOMIST: Greece and the euro

Mayall, the deputy chief of the British Defence Staff for Operations, said the challenge now was to convince local people that the Afghan government and its allies could protect them from the Taliban.

CNN: Britain hails 'success' of anti-Taliban push