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Top 3 lessons the US military has learned in Afghanistan
As robust defense budget wranglings continue on Capitol Hill, much of the debate about one of the Pentagon's largest expenses – Afghanistan – centers around just how effective the decade-long fight has been. Here are the top three lessons that US military has learned in Afghanistan.
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Threats to US: Pentagon officials drop three surprises
Pentagon’s key intelligence officials warned of 'current and future worldwide threats' to US national security in a congressional hearing Thursday. Here are three top surprises.
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Afghanistan death toll pressures U.S., allies
Record U.S. fatalities there last month highlight the need for more troops, but reserves are few.
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Afghanistan: Taliban keeps up pressure with assaults
Militants took control of a strategic district outside Kandahar. Afghan and foreign troops flew to the city in response.
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Linchpin in Afghan security: a better police force
The US is stepping up police training to change a force that has a reputation among Afghans as corrupt and often ineffective.
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Americans build elite Afghan commando force
The commando battalions, just a year old, are being trained and deployed nationally as a mobile, quick-reaction force.
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An Afghan officer, NATO behind him, leads an assault
In Afghanistan's troubled south, one mission shows how far the Afghan Army has come –and what remains to be done.
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Afghanistan to ask NATO for bigger army of its own
At the NATO meeting in Romania Thursday, Afghan officials are expected to request money to expand its National Army from 86,000 to 120,000 troops.
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DoOneNiceThing.com inspires do-gooders to keep it up
The website grew out of Debbie Tenzer's pledge to make a small gesture of kindness every Monday.
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The Monitor's View: The world can't ignore the Al Qaeda and Taliban threat in Afghanistan
A surge by the US and its allies is needed in the country.
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