By IRNA,
Berlin : German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday warned of a further deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.
Talking to the press in Berlin, Westerwelle said, “We know that the harvest season is coming to an end (in Afghanistan). We know this could mean further tensions and a threat to the security situation.”
The minister reiterated that his “serious view of the security situation” in Afghanistan had remained unchanged.
Westerwelle warned Germans last month that they had to brace themselves for more “terrible news” from Afghanistan this summer as a result of the rapidly worsening security situation in the war-stricken country which could lead to a
mounting casualty toll among German troops.
Of the total 134 districts that the German military controls in northern Afghanistan, eight are viewed as especially dangerous, according to Westerwelle.
Some 43 German soldiers have so far died in Afghanistan since late 2001.
Violence in Afghanistan has surged in 2010, the most dangerous year for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) since the start of the war in 2001.
Some 350 foreign soldiers have died since January.