Pakistan Seen Undermining NATO’s Afghan Campaign, FT Reports
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s military campaign in Afghanistan is “on a bullet train to failure” unless the U.S. puts more pressure on Pakistan to deny sanctuary to Taliban fighters, according to Bill Harris, who stepped down last month at the top American official in Kandahar, the Financial Times reported.
In an interview with the newspaper, Harris referred to the continuing flow of U.S. aid to Pakistan, despite the covert support of Afghan insurgents by Pakistan’s security forces, and said it’s “past time for some absolute straight talk,” the newspaper reported.
In his year in Kandahar, Harris didn’t see “any progress whatsoever” in limiting the flow of men and equipment for the Taliban across the border, he told the FT.
To contact the reporter on this story: Alan Purkiss in London on apurkiss@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Colin Keatinge in London at ckeatinge@bloomberg.net.
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