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US needs more troops in Afghanistan to deal with Pakistan

Published: 02 April, 2009, 01:47


AFP Photo / Vyacheslav Oseledko

While US President Barack Obama is in London for the G20 talks and to discuss the economic downturn, US military leaders have been asking Congress for more troops and money to continue their operations in Afghanistan.

 
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