NATO forces in Afghanistan
are determined to intensify the fight against Taliban strongholds in the coming
weeks, the head of the military alliance said Monday. "I agree with the
leaders view the U.S.
military about an intensification of fighting in the weeks and months
ahead," NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen told in an interview
broadcast Monday. "We in a very critical stage right now. We have sent
more troops to Afghanistan,
where we attack strongholds of the Taliban, which leads to more fighting and,
unfortunately, more losses," he said. The escalation in the fight against
the frame of the strategy, international forces to reap the Taliban from their
sanctuaries in Helmand and Kandahar,"
said Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
Climbing is "unfortunately necessary for us to be able
to transfer responsibility for security to Afghans," he said. Rasmussen
said the number of troops on the ground - about 120,000 - were sufficient to
eliminate pockets of Taliban resistance. "The Taliban have no chance of
winning on the military," he said. "But the solution to the conflict
in Afghanistan
is not only a soldier. If the country must be stable when we leave, it is
necessary to build a sustainable society with regard to education, health and
economy," he said. So I am committed to transfer Afghan security forces
Late in 2014, Rasmussen warned against a total withdrawal. "This would mean a return of the
Taliban. And all our efforts are in vain," he said.
While acknowledging the political pressure to set a date for
withdrawal, "we must stay and finish the job and not leave a field open to
a resurgence of the Taliban," said Rasmussen. “The international community
agreed that we will not leave Afghanistan
until it is certain that the Afghans to ensure their own security," he
said. Rasmussen, former Danish Prime Minister on Tuesday made an official visit
to Denmark,
which has suffered the highest proportional rate of frequency of accidents
among foreign forces in Afghanistan.
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