Can’t take out Taliban, Obama team concludes
Posted: October 9, 2009 at 4:41 a.m.
An Afghan policeman keeps journalists away from the scene of a suicide car-bombing Thursday outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul.
As it reviews its Afghanistan policy for the second time this year, the Obama administration has concluded that the Taliban cannot be eliminated as a political or military movement, regardless of how many combat forces are sent into battle.
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