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3 hours ago ago from Good News Now
WASHINGTON -Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two years ago, and the war will be "harder before it gets easier," a top U.S. general said Wednesday. Gen. David Petraeus, who executed the Iraq surge in 2007, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he supports the upcoming escalation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "While certainly different and, in some ...
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3 hours ago ago from BBC
Gen Petraeus said success in Afghanistan was achievable A top US general has warned that military success in Afghanistan is likely to be slower than in Iraq after the troop surge there. Testifying before the US Congress, Gen David Petraeus said, as in Iraq, the situation in Afghanistan was likely to get harder before it gets easier . Gen Petraeus was speaking a week after President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 more troops to ...
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23 hours ago ago from Good News Now
WASHINGTON -The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says the Taliban up to 27,000 fighters in the country's south is his main focus. Gen. Stanley McChrystal says the insurgents are effective because they can dictate terms to the local population on the largely Pashtun area. The Taliban stronghold area will be the focus of the new U.S. surge of 30,000 forces. But McChrystal told Congress on Tuesday that he is also focused on a separate enemy in ...
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