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US Wobbles on 2011 Date for Afghan Withdrawal

(Nov. 11) -- U.S. troops could be looking at four more years in Afghanistan. That's according to top Obama administration officials, who are now talking more about the end of 2014 as the date when Afghans will take charge of their own security rather than the summer 2011 for the start of the U.S. pullout. The...

Dutch Pullout From Afghanistan Leaves Some Nervous

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(Aug. 1) -- Dutch troops ended their four-year mission in Afghanistan today, winning praise for pioneering one of the most effective strategies in the war against insurgents, and raising some concern about its possible effects on other NATO allies. The pullout of its 1,950 troops is considered unlikely to make a...