Extra troops plea for Afghanistan

[babylonsister]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6341065.stm

Extra troops plea for Afghanistan

Nato military commanders are set to make a further request from member states for more troops and resources to fight the Taleban in Afghanistan.

The new Nato commander in Afghanistan, Gen Dan McNeill, will call for 2,000 extra troops to patrol the country's border with Pakistan.

Troop numbers under Nato command in Afghanistan have risen from 9,000 to more than 33,000 over nine months.

The forces expect a Taleban offensive in southern regions in the spring.

Gen McNeill is also expected to ask for more helicopters and special forces from member states, during the meeting of Nato defence ministers in the Spanish city of Seville.

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[salin]

1. yet many complacent US citizens think that war is over and

that we "won". *sigh*