Cameron has welcomed Barack Obama's announcement that the US will withdraw about one-third of its forces from Afghanistan next year.
After the US president declared the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban a success, Cameron, in a statement issued on Thursday, said the UK would keep its own force levels in Afghanistan "under constant review".
"I have already said there will be no UK troops in combat roles in Afghanistan by 2015 and, where conditions on the ground allow, it is right that we bring troops home sooner," the prime minister said.
Obama's statement was also welcomed by General Sir David Richards, the chief of the defence staff, but received a more cautious reaction from the former army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt, who described the move as "bold but risky".
Obama said 33,000 US troops would be withdrawn by the summer of 2012, or by September that year at the latest. The first 5,000 would return next month, with another 5,000 following by the end of the year.
The president said that when he ordered the 33,000 extra troops to Afghanistan in 2009 they had a clear mission – to refocus on al-Qaida, reverse the Taliban's momentum and train Afghan security forces to defend their country.
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