Report: US Senate leader says Afghan war can’t be won militarily

By Tom Regan
Christian Science Monitor
October 3, 2006

US Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R) of Tennessee said Monday that the war against the Taliban can “never” be won militarily and that it was time to include “people who call themselves Taliban” in the Afghan government.

The Associated Press reports that Mr. Frist said he had learned from military reports that the Taliban were “too numerous and had too much popular support” to be defeated in a military campaign.

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