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General James Bucknall

British request not to betray his "investment in the blood" and said the Taliban can not kill its way to power

The top British commander in Afghanistan says the Taliban can not "kill its way to power" and too many lives have been lost over the last 10 years in the West to back his campaign against the insurgents.

In an interview with the Guardian, Lieutenant General James Bucknall said the UK had made "an investment in the blood" and that it was not the time for Western nations to turn back to the country.

He said the Taliban had been delayed operations everywhere and incessantly that special forces are killing insurgent leaders from 130 to 140 each month.

recognized that too often in the past decade, the military "over-promised and under delivered."

Bucknall said he understood why politicians, the public and the armed forces were tired of war. Errors, admitted he had done.

"almost owe it to those who have gone before their mission," he said. "By making this investment in your blood, I am more determined. If I do not think you could do that, I would have a different opinion, but I'm sure we can do. "

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comments come on the eve of an international conference in Bonn to discuss the future of Afghanistan. There is a growing concern about the amount of aid they receive in Afghanistan and a growing clamor in American politics and the United Kingdom for Western forces to accelerate their withdrawal. However, Bucknall said critics of the military campaign has to wonder if the Taliban Mullah Omar was able to achieve any of its objectives in the last two years.

"I have not seen the insurgents who have killed their way to power. One hundred forty [Afghans] have been killed this year. In the press is portrayed as the government can survive that. But they take 130 to 140 mid-level Taliban leaders each month. Sometimes it is worth turning the hourglass in the head. There has been much touted this tactic for the murders. "

He said the idea that the Taliban sit and wait for the Western forces had left NATO because it would be appropriate to allow time for the Afghan army and police, rather until the force.
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