US general calls on Pakistan to help with insurgents
The American commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan says insurgents will pose a challenge for years if safe havens continue to exist across the border in Pakistan.
Gen. Dan McNeill, who leaves his post next week after 15 months, says peace deals on the other side of the border are causing a spike in violence in Afghanistan. Pakistan has recently made agreements with militants.
McNeill was asked if he agrees with a recent vision laid out by Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. In a speech this month laying out his vision for 2013, McCain said the Taliban threat in Afghanistan would be "greatly reduced."
In response, McNeill said "there would still be a challenge there" if sanctuaries still exists where militants can recruit and train.
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