THE TALIBAN WILL BE DEFEATED IN AFGHANISTAN ALTHOUGH «CROSS-BORDER» MOVEMENT OF REBELS IS CONTINUING, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD H. RUMSFELD SAID TUESDAY. RUMSFELD ALSO CALLED ON EUROPE TO PROVIDE A «MASTER PLAN» TO AFGHANISTAN TO HELP CURB ITS MASSIVE DRUG TRADE, WHICH HAS SEEN HEROIN FLOOD EUROPE AND RUSSIA. RUMSFELD ALSO SAID THE TALIBAN «WON'T SUCCEED» IN AFGHANISTAN. THE U.S. DEFENSE CHIEF ARRIVED ON AN UNANNOUNCED TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN, WHICH IS GRIPPED BY THE DEADLIEST SPATE OF VIOLENCE SINCE THE LATE 2001 COLLAPSE OF THE TALIBAN REGIME, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED.
