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12 3rd, 2009|
AFP - President Barack Obama will on Tuesday announce he is sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan within six months in a swift surge but limit the duration of their deployment, a US official said.
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AFP - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as he vowed to “seize the initiative” to end an unpopular war and start a pullout in July 2011.
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AFP - Each and every meal prepared for US soldiers at the sprawling Bagram military base in Afghanistan costs about 28 dollars a head — more than most Afghans earn in a month.
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AFP - A special tax? War bonds like those that fueled the US military in World War II? A spending freeze? US lawmakers wondered aloud Tuesday how to pay for a new “surge” in Afghanistan.
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AFP - President Barack Obama will on Tuesday announce he is sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan within six months in a swift surge but limit the duration of their deployment, a US official said.
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Reuters - Britain will send 500 more soldiers to Afghanistan in December as part of a broader surge in NATO-led troop levels to tackle worsening violence and train Afghan forces, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday.
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AFP - President Barack Obama vowed to “finish the job” in Afghanistan as he finalizes a decision on deploying tens of thousands more US troops to turn around the war against the Taliban.
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AFP - President Barack Obama vowed to “finish the job” in Afghanistan as he finalizes a decision on deploying tens of thousands more US troops to turn around the war against the Taliban.
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AFP - A new poll Tuesday found Americans deeply divided about deploying more US troops to Afghanistan, just days before President Barack Obama was to announce his decision on sending reinforcements.
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AP - Signaling he’s decided on new troop levels for the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he intends to “finish the job” on his watch and destroy terrorist networks in the region.