Western intervention in Afghanistan has had some successes including a big spurt in education and electricity supply, an official German progress report said Monday. The assessment, compiled under Foreign Ministry leadership, avoided any forecast of when the job would be done and troops could withdraw. Germany sent its army to Afghanistan nine years ago. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is to introduce the findings in parliament on Thursday. The report called education a success story, saying that before the Taliban were ousted in 2001, girls practically did not attend school at all, but now made up 35 per cent of the 7 million Afghan children at school and college. It said much more of Afghanistan had access to running water, better roads and energy supplies.
