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USA plans to send 1,400 more troops into Afghanistan
By: Bill O'ReillyJanuary 6, 2011
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New York Times: The United States will send an additional 1,400 Marines to Afghanistan in the next few months to try to solidify progress in areas of the south before troop reductions begin in the summer, a senior military official said on Thursday.

The Marines will be sent mostly to Kandahar province, the spiritual home of the Taliban and already an area of intense fighting by U.S. Army troops. American military officials say they have routed the Taliban from crucial areas of the province, but commanders remain under pressure to sustain that progress, as the White House examines whether a troop surge for the nearly decade-old war is working.
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