‘Significantly worse’
“I think that security has worsened significantly since last year,” he told Al Jazeera.
“Now in some of the northern provinces, travelling to them is very risky.”
Brigadier General Josef Blotz, a Nato spokesman, told reporters that despite negative assessments, the international force was making steady strides.
“Tough fighting is expected to continue, but the situation is trending in our favour as more forces flow into the area,” Blotz said.
“It has to be tougher perhaps before it goes easier,” he said.
The increased violence comes at a time when more US troops are moving into Afghanistan as part of a surge orchestrated by Barack Obama, the US president.
There are currently an estimated 142,000 troops in Afghanistan and that number is expected to peak at 150,000 in August, before a planned withdrawal in 2011.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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