Pentagon: US troop total in Afghanistan larger than reported
WASHINGTON (AP) " The Pentagon is poised to have roughly 15,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan in the coming months, as defense officials on Wednesday finally acknowledged the actual number of American forces in the country after long camouflaging the total in misleading accounting measures and red tape.Senior Defense officials for the first time said there are about 11,000 U.S. forces currently deployed to Afghanistan " thousands more than the 8,400 that were allowed under the previous [...]
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