Miliband urges Kabul to pursue peaceful settlement

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged the Afghan government to aggressively pursue a political settlement with insurgents to help end the war in Afghanistan and do it now while the military and civilian surges are putting pressure on the Taliban.

Mr Miliband said in a speech delivered at Massachusetts Institute of Technology that conditions made it possible for sides to come together since the current military surge has been seen as a success.