The UK's top military commander in Afghanistan has said in an interview that decisive military victory over the Taliban is impossible and that the radical Islamist group may be part of a long-term solution for the country.
The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith as saying that NATO forces were not going to win the war. He said the allied forces had to concentrate instead on reducing the conflict to a level of insurgency that could be managed by the UK commander says Afghan victory impossible ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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