US and Nato 'far from goals' in Afghanistan - BBC News

After 10 years in Afghanistan, the US still lacks the knowledge to bring the conflict to a successful end, retired Army Gen Stanley McChrystal has said.

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Gen McChrystal said US and Nato allies were barely over half-way towards reaching their goals in the country. "Operation Enduring Freedom" was aimed at tracking down Osama Bin Laden after 9/11 and eliminating the Taliban.

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Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, Gen McChrystal, who commanded coalition forces in 2009-10 before being forced to resign after a magazine interview, said the most difficult task would be to create a legitimate government that ordinary Afghans could believe in and that would balance the influence of the Taliban.

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US and Nato 'far from goals' in Afghanistan - BBC News