Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Afghan officials fear talk of exit strategy

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Kabul - Afghan officials hope President Barack Obama's address on Afghanistan won't be weighted too heavily on an exit strategy - even though that's the message many Americans and Democrats in Congress want to hear.

If he talks extensively in his speech Tuesday night about winding down the war, Afghans fear the Taliban will simply bide their time until the Americans abandon the country much as they did after the Soviets left 20 years ago...

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