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July 20, 2010

NATO Chief: US & NATO Underestimated Scale of Afghanistan Mission
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has admitted the US and
NATO underestimated the scale of the mission in Afghanistan. In a
commentary in the German newspaper Der Spiegel, Rasmussen wrote, "After
nine years of international involvement it has become painfully clear
that the price we have to pay is much higher than
expected—especially regarding the international and Afghan
soldiers killed. It cannot be disputed that the international community
underestimated the size of this challenge in the beginning."



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