A fundamental shift has quietly taken place in Britain’s approach to Afghanistan: the focus is now on leaving, not winning. Con Coughlin asks if we are seeing the return of the politics of appeasement
It is difficult to pinpoint the precise moment that David Cameron gave up on the war in Afghanistan.
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