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Afghanistan: state of siege, Paul Rogers

Source: Open Democracy

Karāchi : Pakistan | about 1 year ago

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Democracy since 26 September 2001 A chain of influence Each year since the Taliban regime was ended, foreign troop numbers in the country have risen; the single greatest increase has been since early 2007, with 20,000 additional troops arriving to take the overall total to around 66,000 (see the editorial,...

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