Afghanistan: Comprehensive approach
Today saw the end of a key phase in UK military operations in Helmand. The bravery and skill of our forces has been exceptional. Their aim, successfully achieved, was to allow 80000 or so Afghans to vote in the elections next month.
The new Afghan government will have big challenges. It needs to be credible and to deliver effective governance: national, regional and local. Because it has to start peeling away the layers of the insurgency - the bet-hedgers and the allies of convenience - from the hard core who will never enter politics. My speech today at NATO HQ sets this out in detail.
Posted at 17:37 27 July 2009 by David Miliband | Comments[6]
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