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Obama Looks for Local Allies in Afghanistan

Administration's decided it can't wipe out Taliban

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 29, 2009 6:53 AM CDT

(Newser) – President Obama has requested detailed, province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan’s local and tribal leaders, hoping to find more effective partners than the country’s weak and corrupt central government. The administration has concluded that no surge in troops will be able to eradicate the Taliban... Read full story »

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