Top American commander says "we're not losing Afghan war"

From ANI Kabul, Oct 13: Rebutting press reports that the US-led war-on-terror in Afghanistan had hit a roadblock, the top American commander in the country Gen. David D. McKiernan has said that they were not losing the war, though the overall progress was not that "fast and even" as it should have been. "I absolutely reject that idea, I don't believe it. It is true that there are many places in this country that don't have an adequate level of security. We don't have progress as even and as fast as any of us would like. But we are not losing in Afghanistan," the New York Times quoted McKiernan as saying at a news conference in Kabul. There are major challenges facing the war effort, he said and added "But we will win." The news conference was held on the general's return from Washington, where he participated in a... [read full story]