General says new strategy needed to win Afghan war
Posted: September 1, 2009 at 5:58 a.m.
A Pakistani police officer stands next to burned trucks loaded with supplies for NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan after an explosion Monday in Chaman, Pakistan, near the Afghan border.
The United States and NATO need a new strategy to defeat the Taliban, the top commander in Afghanistan said Monday as he delivered a classified assessment that is widely seen as the groundwork for a fresh request to add more American forces next year.
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