Ahead of a London conference on Afghanistan which will discuss a US-proposed military surge, US and NATO's top military commander in Afghanistan calls for an end to combat.
In an interview with The Financial Times published on Monday, US General Stanley McChrystal said that he hoped an increase in the international presence in the war-torn country would intimidate the Taliban into accepting a political deal.
"As a soldier, my personal feeling is that there's been enough fighting," McChrystal was quoted as saying.'
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That's because they know they are on a 'hiding to nothing' in the graveyard of empires!
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