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Gates: Afghanistan won't need Iraq-level troop presence

 

Published 12/13/2008 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who arrived in Iraq in a surprise visit Saturday, said he doubts U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan will reach the levels attained in Iraq. The Soviets, who invaded Afghanistan in the 1970s but left in early 1989 after failing to control the country, had 120,000 troops but [...] (link)

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