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Britain's military commander and ambassador in Afghanistan are being "defeatist" by thinking the war cannot be won, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, as Washington seeks more troops for the conflict that started exactly seven years ago.
Prospect of Afghan-Taliban peace talks gains currency
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The conflict in Afghanistan is impossible to win through force and talks with ``relevant'' groups are necessary to bring peace to the country, the United Nations envoy to Kabul said.
The war in Afghanistan cannot be won militarily and success is only possible through political means including dialogue between all relevant parties, the United Nations' top official in the country said Monday.
A former Taliban ambassador said Monday that the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month as the insurgency raged back home.
Britain's military commander and ambassador in Afghanistan are being "defeatist" by thinking the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, said as Washington sought more troops for the conflict.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates rejects as 'defeatist' a comment by a top British commander that the war in Afghanistan cannot be won.
The US defence secretary says a comment by a British commander that the war in Afghanistan cannot be won is defeatist.
Afghanistan's government is denying media reports that it has been holding talks with the Taliban. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from Kabul an Afghan presidential spokesman says there have been no such discussions.
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