More than 2,000 people marched Saturday in London to demand an end to Britain's involvement in the Afghan war effort. Organised by a group called Stop The War Coalition, the demo was led by a current active-duty soldier as well as by relatives of British soldiers.
The protest march went through central London, ending in Trafalgar Square. It took place at a time when opinion polls show a further drop in public support for the war effort. Channel 4 TV reported a poll now showing 62 per cent of Britons wanting forces to be pulled out immediately or next year, and 48 per cent believing a victory is impossible as against 36 per cent who felt that way in a 2007 survey. Britain currently has some 9,000 soldiers serving in Afghanistan, while so far 222 British troops have been killed in the now eight- year-old conflict.