Anand Gopal

Under Obama, the US may send 20,000 more troops and encourage talks with the Taliban in an effort to reclaim upper hand in Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan - At times in 2008 Afghanistan eclipsed Iraq in levels of violence, and international attention is returning to the country for the first time since 2001. With the Obama administration planning a massive troop increase, Afghanistan and Pakistan look to be at the center of the administration’s foreign policy for 2009.

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