The German defense minister invites one of the harshest critics of the Afghan mission to visit Afghanistan

German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has invited the head of the country's largest Protestant congregation to visit Bundeswehr troops in Afghanistan. He made the invitatiation during talks with Lutheran Bishop Margot Kässmann, who's described the Afghan deployment as "unjust" and has called for the withdrawal of all German forces. The Defence Minister and the Christian leader said they would continue their "critical dialogue".