
US sending another 1,000 troops to Afghanistan
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A defense official said on Sunday that 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne are going directly to Kabul instead of going to Kuwait as a standby force.
The United States is sending another 1,000 troops to Afghanistan, raising the US deployment to roughly 6,000. A defense official tells The Associated Press on Sunday that 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne are going directly to Kabul instead of going to Kuwait as a standby force.More Related News

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