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LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that he would like to host a summit next year to chart a timetable for the handover of security in various regions of Afghanistan to the Afghan government, with an eye toward the withdrawal of NATO forces from country. In the traditional prime minister's speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet in London, Brown said he has offered London as a venue for an international conference next year to map out the international community's next steps in Afghanistan."I want that conference to chart a comprehensive political framework within which the military strategy can be accomplished," said Gordon Brown. "A strong political framework should embrace internal political reform and ensure representative government that works for all Afghan citizens at the national level in Kabul and also at the provinces and districts."The British prime minister said he hopes such a conference would result in concrete actions for h...