Zardari says war with Taliban being lost

PARIS: Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari warned that the international community was losing the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to an interview published on Tuesday.

"I believe that the international community, which Pakistan belongs to, is in the process of losing the war against the Taliban," Zardari told Le Monde newspaper. "And that is, above all, because we have lost the battle for hearts and minds." AGENCIES