VOTING SITE VISIT - U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, left, meets the principal of Malalay Girls School, a voting site in Kabul, Sept. 18, 2010. Petraeus toured two of the more than 500 active voting sites in the city on election day. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Lorie JewellInterview With ISAF Commander Petraeus -- Der Spiegel
We're Not 'Going to Turn Afghanistan into Switzerland'
Troops, money and a plan were long lacking in the battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan. In a SPIEGEL interview, ISAF Commander David Petraeus, discusses these failures with unusual frankness. The general says he is concerned about the increasingly symbiotic relationship between terror groups in the region.
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