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09-12-2009, 09:40 PM
Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said that the US has to start institution-building from scratch nine years after the invasion.
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Holbrooke says handling of Afghan war shameful
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:58:48 GMT
Special US envoy Richard Holbrooke conceded on Wednesday that the US-led coalition in Afghanistan has neglected the country.
Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said in an interview with Germany's daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that the US and its NATO allies have to start institution-building from scratch nine years after the invasion.
"The whole thing was uncoordinated and did not get us very far. The upshot is that in the ninth year of the war we are starting from scratch," Holbrooke said, while acknowledging that cooperation between allies had been chaotic throughout the war.
"The issue of responsibilities was difficult. The British were to have dealt with drugs, the Germans with training and the Italians with the justice system," AFP quoted him as saying.
Holbrooke said the top priority now should be training Afghan security forces as it would be the only way for foreign forces to withdraw within a reasonable amount of time.
A new poll, meanwhile, shows that majority of the Americans disapprove of President Obama's handling of the Afghan war, with 40 percent saying that the number of US troops in the country should be decreased.
The White House has recently announced that it will send 33,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113303§ionid=351020403
Holbrooke says handling of Afghan war shameful
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:58:48 GMT
Special US envoy Richard Holbrooke conceded on Wednesday that the US-led coalition in Afghanistan has neglected the country.
Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said in an interview with Germany's daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that the US and its NATO allies have to start institution-building from scratch nine years after the invasion.
"The whole thing was uncoordinated and did not get us very far. The upshot is that in the ninth year of the war we are starting from scratch," Holbrooke said, while acknowledging that cooperation between allies had been chaotic throughout the war.
"The issue of responsibilities was difficult. The British were to have dealt with drugs, the Germans with training and the Italians with the justice system," AFP quoted him as saying.
Holbrooke said the top priority now should be training Afghan security forces as it would be the only way for foreign forces to withdraw within a reasonable amount of time.
A new poll, meanwhile, shows that majority of the Americans disapprove of President Obama's handling of the Afghan war, with 40 percent saying that the number of US troops in the country should be decreased.
The White House has recently announced that it will send 33,000 more troops to Afghanistan.