Petraeus: more than troops needed in Afghanistan

BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday that experience in Iraq shows it will take political and economic progress as well as military action to tackle increased violence in Afghanistan.

"You don't kill or capture your way out of an industrial strength insurgency," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

His comments come as a debate over the need to redeploy troops from Iraq to Afghanistan has become a central issue in the U.S. presidential campaign. .... "Political, economic and diplomatic activity is critical to capitalize on gains in the security arena," he said.