President Obama sends troop surge to Afghanistan
In what he described as an urgent bid to stabilize a deteriorating and neglected country, President Obama is sending 17,000 troops to Afghanistan. This deployment will double the number of American combat brigades in Afghanistan at a time when tensions between the U.S. and Afghanistan are weakening. We turn to Emal Pasarly of the BBC for more.
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