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Italy Foreign Minister: We Are Staying in Afghanistan
ROME — Italy's foreign
minister says his government isn't preparing an exit strategy for
Italian troops in Afghanistan but that more money must be spent to help
win the trust of the people.
Earlier
this month some politicians, including a fellow minister in Premier
Silvio Berlusconi's government, called for Italy's soldiers to come
home soon after six troops were killed in a Kabul bomb blast.
Foreign
Minister Franco Frattini also told parliament's foreign affairs
commission Tuesday that there can be dialogue with Taliban who renounce
violence and don't have any ties with Al Qaeda.
Italy
sent 2,800 troops to help with Afghan reconstruction. Frattini says
more reconstruction funds are vital to "conquer the hearts and trust"
of Afghanistan's people.