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May142010

McChrystal: 'Nobody Is Winning' in Afghanistan Conflict 

U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal said that although progress is being made in Afghanistan, "nobody is winning at this point," in an interview airing Thursday on the NewsHour.

"I think that in the last year, we've made a lot of progress," he said. "I think I'd be prepared to say nobody is winning at this point, where the insurgents I think felt that they had momentum a year ago, felt that they were making clear progress. I think that's stopped."

McChrystal also described what's ahead for Kandahar, the spiritual hub of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.

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