More UK forces to stay in Afstan after all?

Further to posts here and here, this prime minister may be for turning:

Gordon Brown says troops in Afghanistan have right equipment
Gordon Brown has insisted that British troops are equipped well enough to succeed in the increasingly bloody war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
...
Mr Brown appeared to give ground on the issue of troop numbers. Earlier this year he vetoed a permanent increase in the British force to 10,000.

Instead he agreed a short-term rise from 8,300 to 9,000. After September's elections in Afghanistan it was expected to return to 8,300.

But in the Commons Mr Brown told MPs: "Once the elections are over, we will review the numbers on the ground."

It is now likely that the 9,000 level is to be maintained...