There may well be a backlash, says Josef Janning of the Bertelsmann Foundation, a think-tank, if something really bad happens, such as a busload of soldiers dying while fighting the Taliban.

• 智库机构伯特斯曼基金会的杰宁指出，一旦发生灾难，要是一车士兵在与塔利班的战斗中牺牲，那民众定然强烈反对再次出兵。