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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 06 > Reviews of Afghan forces raise doubt on training goals

Reviews of Afghan forces raise doubt on training goals

By Thom Shanker and John H. Cushman Jr. / The Bulletin
November 6, 2009

WASHINGTON — A series of internal government reviews have presented the Obama administration with a dire portrait of Afghanistan’s military and police force, bringing into serious question an ambitious goal at the heart of the evolving U.S. war strategy: to speed up their training and send many....

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