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Post by bot on Jun 16, 2017 19:57:53 GMT -5
Troop plan for Afghanistan seeks to regain battlefield edge by By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coming deployment of up to 4,000 more U.S. forces to Afghanistan, expected as part of a new Trump administration approach to America's longest war, reflects the Pentagon's view that beefing up its training-advising role and its counterterrorism effort can help turn around recent Taliban gains and snuff out a growing Islamic State threat.... hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_UNITED_STATES_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=NYWNE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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