Sunday, October 5, 2008

We can't win Afghanistan war - Commander

"The public should not expect "a decisive military victory" in Afghanistan, Britain's most senior military commander in the country warned today.

Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith said the aim was to reduce the uprising to a level at which it could be managed by the Afghan army and made clear that this could involve talking to the Taliban.

It was necessary to "lower our expectations" and accept that it would be unrealistic to expect that multinational forces can entirely rid Afghanistan of armed bands, he suggested........"

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