Afghanistan

The Taliban killed 19 Afghan civilians in an IED attack in Helmand. General Allen wants to keep US troop levels at 68,000 until 2014.

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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