Top UN Official: NATO “Cannot Win” In Afghanistan...

Guardian Unlimited Declan Walsh in Kabul and Richard Norton-Taylor November 18, 2006 09:04 PM

Nato "cannot win" the fight against the Taliban alone and will have to train Afghan forces to do the job, the UN's top official in the country warned yesterday.

"At the moment Nato has a very optimistic assessment. They think they can win the war," warned Tom Koenigs, the diplomat heading the UN mission in Afghanistan. "But there is no quick fix."

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