Senior British Commander In Afghanistan Makes A Plea To Not Abandon Afghanistan After 2014

Photo: Lieutenant General James Jeffrey Corfield Bucknall. Wikipedia

Don't Abandon Afghanistan After 2014 Handover, Plead Generals -- The Guardian

Exclusive: British commander voices fears that Taliban will exploit power vacuum in Afghanistan after west quits.

The west must state clearly that it will not abandon Afghanistan after the handover of security to local forces in 2014 or risk further fighting in the region from an emboldened Taliban, the commander of British forces in the country has warned.

In his first interview since becoming second in command of the International Security and Assistance Force (Isaf), General James Bucknall told the Guardian "now is not the time to blink", and pleaded for more patience in the decade-long campaign because progress was being made.

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My Comment: The fears that this general and others are voicing are well founded. However .... this fight is no longer becoming our fight .... but a civil war that the Afghans themselves must resolve.

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