Afghanistan

3,200 soldiers™ tours in Afghanistan have been extended four months. NATO-led troops battling resurgent Taliban militants will shortly be reinforced with another combat brigade. Afghanistan™s opium fields up by 150 percent since 2002, but the fields will not be sprayed this year.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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