Cutting and running from Afghanistan

Retreat From Kabul

Sanitised and spin-merchant government-speak in this piece. But it shows clearly what the UK securocracy is trying to sell as a 'success'.

Cutting and running from Afghanistan » Spectator Blogs:
"It is even more difficult to claim that Afghanistan has been pacified than it was for Iraq. Opium cultivation has risen by a fifth last year, according to some reports. The Taleban has a parallel governing structure in preparation for the withdrawal."