Afghanistan

General Allen said ISAF would need “significant combat power” in 2013. Security forces killed and captured “insurgent” commanders and fighters in Uruzgan and Kandahar. Qatar is hedging on a deal that would allow five al Qaeda-linked Taliban leaders to be relocated in country.

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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