Berlin, Dec 24, SPA -- The head of Germany"s Protestant churches described the war in Afghanistan today as unjust and called for a pullout of the 4,400 German troops taking part in the NATO-led operation against the Taliban, Reuters reported. The comments by Margot Kaessmann, head of the EKD -- an umbrella group for 22 Churches that encompass Germany"s 25 million Protestants -- added to growing political momentum against a troop increase which Berlin is considering. "There is no just war. I cannot legitimise it from a Christian point of view," Kaessmann said in an interview in the Berliner Zeitung daily. In a message appearing in other newspapers and on television, Kaessmann said she felt that even according to theories of just war, Afghanistan could not be justified. "All that should be asked is how to conduct an orderly withdrawal and come up with a civilian solution," said Kaessmann, who is also the Lutheran bishop of Hanover and the first woman to head the EKD. Germany is the third-largest force contributor in Afghanistan after the United States and Britain. Parliament, which has the final say on troop levels, has until now authorised a maximum level of 4,500 troops.--SPA 22:36 LOCAL TIME 19:36 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/731459