MELISSA BLOCK, host: Security forces in Afghanistan are preparing for elections this weekend and for violent disruptions threatened by the Taliban. At the same time, political efforts are being made to reconcile with the Taliban.</s>DAVID GREENE, host: All this week, Morning Edition host Renee Montagne is reporting from Afghanistan. She sat down with the man commanding U.S.-led troops there, General David Petraeus, and asked him about the balance between war and a negotiated peace.</s>General DAVID PETRAEUS (U.S Army): You don't end an industrial strength insurgency by killing or capturing all the bad guys. You have to kill, capture or turn the bad guys. And that means reintegration and reconciliation. In the case of Iraq, we reconciled with tens of thousands.</s>General DAVID PETRAEUS (U.S Army): Now, to be true, it was in Iraq, a major decision that we were actually going to sit down with individuals who had our blood on their hands and talk about reconciliation. Again, military action is absolutely necessary, but it is not sufficient.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Thats General David Petraeus with NPR's Renee Montagne in Kabul. More of that interview tomorrow on MORNING EDITION.
NPR's Morning Edition is reporting from Afghanistan this week. Renee Montagne is there and just interviewed the U.S. commander in the country. Melissa Block and David Greene have a preview of that conversation with Gen. David Petraeus.