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Obama Considers Strategy Shift in Afghan War

Source: The New York Times

Kabul : Afghanistan | 2 months ago

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President Obama is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase in Afghanistan, including a plan advocated by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to scale back American forces and focus more on rooting out Al Qaeda there and in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday. The options under...

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