By KUNA,
Berlin : The rising violence against German troops in Afghanistan has erupted a debate on Germany’s mission there.
Negotiations should be conducted with Taliban’s moderate members in hopes of establishing peace and avoiding further Taliban attacks which have been on the rise lately, the German government’s media department quoted former Defense Minister Peter Struck as saying.
Struck noted that he visited Afghanistan’s northern Kundus region and talked with Taliban members, stressing negotiations should include all sides especially moderate Taliban members.
German chairman of the CSU Group in the Bundestag, Peter Ramsauer said a strategy should be implemented to withdraw German military units deployed in Afghanistan within the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) estimated 4,500 soldiers.
Ramsauer stressed on the importance of a phased withdrawal strategy, pointing out the gradual and slow pullout of Kosovo region is a roll model to implement in Afghanistan.
On his part, Chief of Staff of the Federal Armed Forces General Wolfgang Schneiderhahn said strict methods should be imposed to combat terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan. Bundestag, the national parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany is expected to discuss the German army’s mission in Afghanistan on Thursday, and decide upon dispatching German advanced surveillance aircrafts, AWACS brand, to support the NATO forces led by the United States against Talban.
Speaking to a German paper, German Defense Minister Franz-Josef Jung affirmed that German troops have achieved great progress in Afghanistan, noting that incase the country has been dominated by Taliban, then terrorism and violence will escalate not only in the country but the entire world.
The presence of German forces in Afghanistan ensures security in an indirect way to Germany and its people.