From BBC News this morning…
“President Barack Obama is to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and deploy them within six months, US officials have said. Mr Obama will make the much-anticipated announcement as part of a speech to the nation at West Point military academy. He is also expected to lay out a rough timeframe for how long the main US military mission will last. The US currently has 68,000 troops in Afghanistan, with foreign forces overall totalling more than 100,000. The new troops are expected to focus on tackling the Taliban in the volatile southern and eastern parts of Afghanistan.”
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