Interessanter zijn de pogingen van NATO om tot een 'reconciliation' met de Taliban te komen via onderhandelingen met de regering in Kaboel.
Citaat:
If leading Taliban are going to be brought into the government, is the definition of victory shifting in Afghanistan? How would you define victory in that country?
Rasmussen van de NATO: Well, I will speak about success, and success will be to hand over responsibility for security to the Afghan people, to the Afghan security forces. The ultimate goal should be that the Afghan people become masters in their own house and take responsibility for running and securing [their] own country.
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