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US Will Finance Afghan Militias

Local security strategy echoes Iraq counterinsurgency strategy

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 23, 2008 11:51 AM CST

(Newser) – The US will begin funding local militias throughout Afghanistan, an effort to re-create the successful counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Afghanistan historically has been known as a country where local communities took care of themselves,” explained the US ambassador.... Read full story »

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