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More troops to Afghanistan won’t solve problem – Russia

Published: 11 November, 2009, 20:51
Edited: 17 November, 2009, 10:25

Sending more US forces to Afghanistan will hardly help stabilize the situation without strengthening Afghan law enforcement bodies, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrey Nesterenko said Wednesday.

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2 COMMENTS

Spatle November 12, 2009, 10:33 quote

Why doesn't Obama simply stop this occupation???

Phelix November 17, 2009, 01:34 quote

This war is playing out in almost the exact same way as Vietnam. Just look at the similarities, America set up a new government... which is too corrupt to function, the people of the country are against the American occupation, and America's politicians hold their military back so much that the war can never be won...Americans never learn.

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