Brussels, 10/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Former EU Special Representative Francesc Vendrell, speaking on Tuesday 9 September, said that the political and military situation in Afghanistan “isn't good”, but is not desperate. After ten years in this post, Vendrell, who was replaced by Ettore Francesco Sequi on 1 September, called on the EU to maintain its commitment on the ground.
The solution will be political, but we must “remain militarily engaged”, he stressed, and he said that...