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US readying south Afghan surge against Taliban - Yahoo! News

Newshoggers.com found this 1/2/2009 on news.yahoo.com

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan The U.S. is preparing to pour at least 20,000 extra troops into southern Afghanistan to cope with a Taliban insurgency that is fiercer than NATO leaders expected. The new troops will augment the 12,500 NATO soldiers — mainly British, Canadian and Dutch — in what amounts to ...