McChrystal Testifies House Afghan War Hearing

INT MS General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, reads a statement at House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill "while US forces have been at war in Afghanistan for 8 years, the Afghans have been at it for more than 30. They are frustrated with international efforts that have failed to meet their expectations confronting us with a crisis of confidence among Afghans who view the international effort as insufficient, and their government as corrupt or at the very least incompetent. We also face a complex and resilient insurgency. The Quetta Shura Taliban, or Afghan Taliban is the prominent threat to the government of Afghanistan as they aspire to once again become the government of Afghanistan" INT WS of Committee members listening to McChrystal speak
INT MS General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, reads a statement at House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill "while US forces have been at war in Afghanistan for 8 years, the Afghans have been at it for more than 30. They are frustrated with international efforts that have failed to meet their expectations confronting us with a crisis of confidence among Afghans who view the international effort as insufficient, and their government as corrupt or at the very least incompetent. We also face a complex and resilient insurgency. The Quetta Shura Taliban, or Afghan Taliban is the prominent threat to the government of Afghanistan as they aspire to once again become the government of Afghanistan" INT WS of Committee members listening to McChrystal speak
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