US forces in the dark about Taliban infiltration in Afghanistan

Kabul : Afghanistan | Sep 29, 2012 at 11:26 AM PDT

Source: The Hill

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Martin Dempsey said Thursday. "I'm sure a certain percentage of it is. And we're treating it as a threat," he told reporters during a briefing at the Pentagon...Harrier fighter jets were lost during a brazen raid against Camp Bastion, the United Kingdom's largest military outpost in southern Afghanistan.... FULL ARTICLE AT The Hill

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