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Pentagon weighs sending 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan (AFP)

Date : 09 Jan 2008 Category : World

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AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering sending some 3,000 additional marines to Afghanistan to boost forces ahead of a Taliban spring offensive, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.

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