Scarcely a day goes by without a major story about Afghanistan in mainstream newspapers and TV channels in Britain and America. The tone of these reports is increasingly sombre. More and more journalists and politicians are now convinced that the quicker western forces pull out, the better.
There have been indications that the UK government is focused on an exit strategy that would allow an orderly, face-saving pullout. And the announcement that Sir Jock Stirrup, chief of the British armed forces, would retire several months before he was due to step down, is another indication of major changes in the British defence posture in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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