U.S. to battle Taliban via radio
Proposal aims to counter spread of terrorist propaganda
Posted: August 16, 2009 at 5:01 a.m.
The Obama administration is establishing a new unit within the State Department for countering militant propaganda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, engaging more fully than ever before in a war of words and ideas that it acknowledges the United States has been losing.
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