US Marines in Afghanistan
Nearly 4000 US Marines supported with heavy artillery and helicopter gunships entered the heartland of Afghanistan to neutralize the threats of Taliban before the forthcoming elections. These marines are a part of the 22,000 strong contingent of US Marines dispatched by Barack Obama to Afghanistan. There were 400 Afghan troops also in the group. A curious case of a missing soldier, supposed to have been kidnapped, was reported in the skirmish – while the US side said that the soldier was not on duty when he went missing, the Taliban side said that he was discovered drunk outside his base!
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By: anonymous194554
Afghanistan, Afghanistan, what’s a President to do? All his options are bad ones. Raise the troop levels and give the Taliban a run for it’s money? For what? To support a corrupt aristocracy? Bad idea. So should he keep the troop levels the same? That just places the soldiers already there in harm’s way, and for no good purpose whatsoever. ...
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By: hasnain
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