Former President Pervez Musharraf says al-Qaeda needs to be eliminated from the country by force, but that dealing with the Taliban requires a ilitary, political and socio-economic approach.
         
Musharraf spoke Friday night at Augustana College in Sioux Falls. He said the Taliban are not a monolith, but rather a spread-out organisation with no single commander who could be removed for the command structure to be destroyed.

Since departing Pakistan, the former president and general has been spending his time on the lecture circuit, giving several speeches at think-tanks and universities around the world.