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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 03 > Afghan war to cost billions, take years, says general chosen for new strategy

Afghan war to cost billions, take years, says general chosen for new strategy

By Bulletin wire reports / The Bulletin
June 3, 2009

President Barack Obama’s choice to take charge of the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday called “significant growth” of the Afghan army and national police the key to his strategy, but the annual cost of building and maintaining the existing Afghan force is roughly four....

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