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Iraq Crisis Could Slow Afghan Pullout

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Jun 16, 2014
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The drama of NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is reaching its climax. Or is it? It seems likely to most observers that with any major drawdown, the Taliban plan a surge of their own that could well mean the loss of country after the 30-nation NATO coalition has lost 3,455 combat troops – the US, 2,179 of them.

The loss of the country would be unaccepta…

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