International operation should reign back ambition in Afghanistan

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Updated February 11, 2009 20:45:59

Australia's defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon says the international operation in Afghanistan needs to reign in its ambitions. He says the International Security Assistance Force needs to focus on the core goal of building a government that can take care of its own security. His comments come as the Taliban has claimed responsibility for three attacks on government offices in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in which at least eight citizens and five suicide attackers were killed.

Presenter: Linda Mottram, Canberra correspondent
Speaker: Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian defence minister

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