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India Rocked By a Wave of Terrorist Attacks | Iraq on the Path Toward Effective Leadership | Hopes Are Dashed for Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians Under the Bush Administration | Kosovo Declares Independence | North Korea Continues Roller Coaster Diplomacy | Changing of the Guard in Pakistan | Putin Retains Power | Russian-Georgian Conflict | Turmoil Within South Africa’s Ruling Party | Elections Fail to Bring Change or Hope to Zimbabwe Conditions Deteriorate in Afghanistan As the U.S. military prepared to withdraw troops from Iraq, it planned to increase the number in Afghanistan. Allied deaths in Afghanistan reached 267 in 2008, the highest number since the war began in 2003. U.S. president-elect Barack Obama said defeating the Taliban would be a top priority of his administration. The Pentagon, seeming to share Obama’s sense of urgency, said it would comply with a request by Gen. David McKiernan, the top commander in Afghanistan, and send an additional 20,000 troops to Afghanistan in 2009. For more information related to Afghanistan: Afghanistan Country Profile Al-Qaeda Primer Terrorist Acts Linked to al-Qaeda Who Are the Taliban? Taliban Timeline
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Conditions Deteriorate in Afghanistan
As the U.S. military prepared to withdraw troops from Iraq, it planned to increase the number in Afghanistan. Allied deaths in Afghanistan reached 267 in 2008, the highest number since the war began in 2003. U.S. president-elect Barack Obama said defeating the Taliban would be a top priority of his administration. The Pentagon, seeming to share Obama’s sense of urgency, said it would comply with a request by Gen. David McKiernan, the top commander in Afghanistan, and send an additional 20,000 troops to Afghanistan in 2009.
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