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Posted: 4:10 PM Aug 11, 2010
US Military Sees Heavier fFghting in Fall
U.S. military leaders say they expect heavy fighting around the key Afghan city of Kandahar through this fall, leaving little time to show big results there this year.
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Washington, D.C. (AP) - U.S. military leaders say they expect heavy
fighting around the key Afghan city of Kandahar through this fall,
leaving little time to show big results there this year.
One senior military official in Washington says to expect some
tough fighting north and west of Kandahar once the holy period of
Ramadan is over. The official says special operations forces that
focus on killing or capturing Taliban fighters will have a big
role.
The official briefed reporters and spoke on condition of
anonymity to discuss coming operations. The U.S. had hoped for
clearer signs of success in Kandahar before a review of the war
planned for the end of the year.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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