English Translation
Gen. Stanley McCrysral, the top NATO-ISAF commander in Afghanistan, reported in 05/2010, a series of obstacles has slowed the opening stages of the highly anticipated summer offensive to defeat the Taliban and bolster the Afghan government in Kandahar province.
Amid a spike in Afghan and American deaths in southern Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McCrysral, conceded, on Thursday 06/10/2010, in NATO summit in Brussels, that the Kandahar Struggle, once expected to produce significant results by mid-August 2010, would now continue well into the fall - and beyond. The military push to secure the Taliban's spiritual capital will take longer than anticipated he said.
A Taliban intimidation campaign has undermined the American-led effort to build a functional Kandahar government. Afghan security forces are taking longer than planned to prepare for the summer campaign. The Afghan government's efforts to install respected local leaders have lagged, and USA Marines in neighboring Helmand province have yet to gain the upper hand against resurgent Taliban fighters.
The next day, Friday 06/11/2010, USA Defence Secretary Robert Gates, has insisted the NATO-ISAF force in Afghanistan is regaining the initiative from insurgents. He was speaking in Brussels amid growing unease over the mission's prospects. Mr Gates told reporters that NATO was making progress "slowly, but steadily and sustainably".
NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said it was still realistic to aim to start handing over security responsibilities to Afghan forces this year. But he warned the coalition would have to work hard. Political and public impatience and scepticism about the mission are growing while the new NATO-led strategy has been slowing down, he noted (see also - Afghan Confusion).
NATO officials concede there is likely to be increased violence over a long hot summer in Afghanistan as the coalition pursues a key operation in and around the southern city and province of Kandahar.
A roadside bomb killed nine civilians in Kandahar province on last Friday 06/11/2010, while attacks by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan this month have killed at least 30 NATO-ISAF soldiers, 20 of them Americans.
In new report prepared by the London School of Economics (LSE) , on Saturday 06/12/2010, provided the most concrete evidence yet of direct links between Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The report concluded that without a significant change in approach by Pakistan, both the Afghan government and international community will find it impossible to end the insurgency in Afghanistan (see -Afpak-War) .
To sum it up - USA strategy in Afghanistan is too stipulated, too slow, too clumsy, with too many restrictions, when operating in civilian environment (see - Moshtarak-Operation), and with too short time table, as set by President Obama for Summer 2011 (see -Obama's Surge), that it cannot produce substantial results. It seems that NATO began to signal distress and pessimism
