NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen supports changing tactics in Afghanistan. Photo: Wikipedia

Afghanistan tops the agenda of NATO foreign ministers as they meet today and tomorrow in the Slovakian capital, Bratislava; the United States is pushing its NATO allies to change tactics in Afghanistan, a move supported by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Deutsche Welle reports.

US General Stanley McChrystal, the supreme commander of the NATO-lead International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), wants to increase the focus on protecting civilians and supporting Afghanistan’s security personnel. McChrystal has also hinted that he wants to send 40,000 additional soldiers.

The level of violence in Afghanistan has increased in recent months, and as more NATO soldiers put their lives at risk there, on the home front, opposition to the mission is on the rise. Many Europeans oppose the mission, seeing no end in sight to the fighting there.

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