Friday, August 28, 2009

NATO chief: mission to last 'as long as it takes'

ANKARA, Turkey -- "The situation is not satisfactory right now, but we have made progress," Fogh Rasmussen told a small group of reporters at the end of his two-day visit to Ankara.

"We will stay as long as it takes to secure the country. We will stay committed, we will assist the Afghan people in securing their own country, and therefore we will stay as long as it takes."

"We will prevail, we must prevail," the NATO chief said. "We cannot afford Afghanistan to once again become a safe haven for terrorists. If terrorists get rooted in Afghanistan once again, terrorism will easily and quickly spread through Central Asia and further." NATO chief: mission to last 'as long as it takes'

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