Time is the key to progress in Afghanistan
U.S. support for the war in Afghanistan 9 years in many places and the death toll is climbing.
As fighting intensifies, the Ministry of Defense and the White House and hoped that the political support for the war could be held at least until year's end, Gen. David Petraeus, the time to make progress.
Petraeus said progress in Afghanistan began in the spring of this year alone, and need time to take root in remarks aired on Sunday that aims to mobilize American support for the war.
Petraeus took, who was credited with war strategy is working in Iraq and who paid the United States and NATO's military operations in Afghanistan in July, described in the "up and down" the process of acquisition of territory controlled by the Taliban, and create "small pockets of progress" He expressed the hope to expand.
The goal, said on NBC's "Meet the Press," is to keep al-Qaida and other extremist groups in the Gulf, while the Afghan government to have the opportunity to control and gain the confidence of the local population.
"We are here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a haven for extremists across the national boundaries of what it was when al-Qaeda planned attacks 9 / 11 in the Kandahar area," Petraeus said in a taped interview in Kabul, the Afghan capital.
He warned Petraeus and other military leaders from further losses and the fight against sending additional troops to battle. July already the deadliest month for U.S. forces, which killed 66 soldiers.
Last fall, President Barack Obama authorized 100,000 troops in Afghanistan ' three times the level in 2008. And walked reluctantly supporters of Democrats behind the plan, but lawmakers are beginning to question whether Afghanistan can be won. It is expected that Petraeus to give an updated assessment to Congress in December.
Petraeus said in an interview that the war has only recently been given the right to "input", or resources: the United States more and Afghan forces to take control of the territory of the Taliban and more civilians to restore services to the population.
"There are understandable concerns and (in) some cases, frustration," said Petraeus. "So we have to really put our shoulders to the wheel and emerge during this year that he can not make progress."
Petraeus, Afghanistan battle tough and durable that would require the "nature and size are reduced to over the years."
If the U.S. lose, there will be no prospect of a bloody civil war followed by a takeover of the extremists. He said that if the U.S. succeeds and stability of Afghanistan, this country could become a new area "Silk Road" with the ability to extract trillions of dollars of minerals.
But he said the goal is not to turn Afghanistan into a democratic, industrialized nations. Even if the state relies heavily on the tribal councils of government, can the central government in Kabul is still working on the nation and effectively without the influence of extremist groups like al Qaeda.
Petraeus said Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is still a key objective.
He also said the Taliban leadership has separated himself from much of the fighting, sending messages via cell phone sometimes, but do not work as is the case in the war as it was before.
"We see in fact the discussions between the (Taliban foot soldiers), talk with each other ' wondering where their leaders and adults, and wondering why the Taliban leader) Mullah Mohammad Omar has not set foot again in Afghanistan, or even unheard of in the month and months and months, "he said.
He denied Petraeus in response to a question about the relationship between the United States with the rocky Afghan President Hamid Karzai, there were serious problems, and defended Karzai as leader of an effort to reduce corruption. Petraeus said he and Karzai usually talk once a day, sometimes more, and taking a walk in the garden of a house behind Karzai.
"We have this kind of relationship which, I believe, can be frank with each other face, and this means that in some cases, again, issues that are difficult for any of us," he said.
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