Kasuri denies Taliban remarks
By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan has rejected a “distorted” British media report that foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri was urging NATO countries to accept the Taliban and set up a new coalition government in Kabul.
The Daily Telegraph had quoted him as saying on Wednesday that Khurshid Kasuri, had told his counterparts in some NATO countries at private briefings that the Taliban are winning the war in Afghanistan and NATO is bound to fail. “The Foreign Minister’s comments have been distorted and misrepresented,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.”
“The Foreign Minister did not say that the Taliban were winning the war in Afghanistan and NATO was bound to fail nor has he advised any country against sending more troops,” the statement said. Mr. Kasuri had only “reiterated” what Pakistan has been stressing all along — the need for a “comprehensive strategy”.
The statement said the minister had emphasized that a military approach alone would not resolve the problem in Afghanistan.