Brussels, 11/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - In an address to the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee, the Afghan minister for foreign affairs acknowledged on Tuesday 11 July, that security had deteriorated and that his government and the international community had under-estimated Taliban capability. Rangin Dafar Spanta, speaking in German, presented himself as a democrat, respectful of human rights and made a lengthy appeal for getting women involved at all levels.
Critical of the...