Mullen: Afghanistan ready for results

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The time for talk is over in Afghanistan and now's the time to show some results, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.

After meeting with five Afghan leaders at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City, Mullen said he was impressed by the fervor with which Afghan leaders told him they want to control their destiny, the Armed Forces Press Service reported..

Afghan leaders also stressed that corruption has to be quelled in the country, Mullen said.

"I was impressed with the strength of conviction that corruption is out of control and people are fed up with it," he said.

The Afghan people want results, Mullen told reporters while traveling from Afghanistan to Iraq.

"We've got to stop talking, and we've got to start delivering -- all of us," Mullen said. "I will work as hard as I can in generating results -- that's what the Afghan people need to see."

The overall message Mullen said he took from meeting with Afghan leaders was that everything the United States, NATO and the Afghan government have planned is possible.

"They are anxious to be consulted and be part of the solution," he added.

Mullen said the troops he visited were "pretty upbeat."

"I found morale pretty good, and I pulse that as hard as I can, and so do my people," he said.