By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Political and economic solutions are needed alongside military might to help end the fighting in Afghanistan, the country's minister of defense said.
Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak said the idea that Afghanistan has to find political solutions to end the fighting has long been endorsed by President Hamid Karzai.
"For a total solution we must work on different fronts - political, economic and military," Wardak said Sunday at a news conference. "Economically, we must improve the lives of the people, help find them work. Politically, we need to reach a middle ground and have everyone accept the Afghan constitution."
Wardak's comments echo those from a senior British commander who was quoted Sunday as saying that decisive military victory is impossible and that the Taliban may well be part of a long-term solution to the fighting.
The Sunday Times newspaper quoted British Brig. Mark Carleton-Smith as saying that "we're not going to win this war."
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