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Obama 'not cutting' Afghan troops

The US president tells senior politicians that his Afghanistan strategy review will not look at reducing troop numbers. Ref. Source 2

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Obama 'approved 13,000 more troops' to Afghanistan

President Barack Obama has approved the deployment of an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced publicly in March, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Ref. Source 4

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Italy fury at 'Taliban pay' claim

Italy angrily denies a UK newspaper report that it paid Taliban fighters in Afghanistan to keep the peace. Ref. Source 7

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US Soldiers Dead

14 Americans Killed in 3 Choppers in Afghanistan. Ref. ABC News

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What's the payoff for staying in Afghanistan?

It's a little frustrating to hear these various voices making their arguments for or against Afghanistan. Each one sounds persuasive, each makes a good case for his or her point of view. But here's the question I have: What is there in Afghanistan for the United States? Ref. Source 9

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Opium, Rape and the American Way
By Chris Hedges

The warlords we champion in Afghanistan are as venal, as opposed to the rights of women and basic democratic freedoms, and as heavily involved in opium trafficking as the Taliban. The moral lines we draw between us and our adversaries are fictional. Ref. Source 6

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UN to relocate Afghanistan staff

The United Nations says it is to temporarily move 600 of its foreign staff in Afghanistan, amid security concerns. Ref. Source 6

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U.S. Gen. Casey says more troops needed for occupation of Afghanistan:

"I believe that we need to put additional forces into Afghanistan to give General McChrystal the ability to both dampen the successes of the Taliban while we train the Afghan civilian forces," Gen. Casey said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Ref. Source 9

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Obama likely to send 34,000 new troops to Afghanistan:

Combat troops would be drawn from four Army brigades and one Marine brigade, and they would be joined by 7,000 support troops to man the command center in Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan --so this would make it 40,000 (or 41,000, to be precise). Ref. Source 9