Oct 6th, 2009 - Bloomberg
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Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama began aprivate meeting with more than 30 Democratic and Republicanlawmakers whose support he will need to follow through with anew strategy for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
The administration has signaled a war-policy shift may comewithin weeks as the president weighs whether to add as many as40,000 American troops to help stabilize Afghanistan and fightthe Taliban or pursue a more limited counterinsurgency strategyfocused on rooting out al-Qaeda there and in Pakistan.
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Oct 6th, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
The US defence secretary has said American troops will not leave Afghanistan despite a lack of numbers that allows for Taliban's revival.
Speaking at George Washington University on Tuesday...Taliban return to power unlikely: White House aide
Oct 4th, 2009 - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top aide to President Barack Obama said on Sunday he did not see an imminent risk that Afghanistan would fall to the Taliban and said strong strides had been made against al Qaeda's presence there.White House advisers against troop boost in Afghanistan
Oct 2nd, 2009 - XinHua
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Senior White House advisers are fighting the U.S. military's request for a significant boost to troops in Afghanistan, as President Barack Obama is weighing options on the eight-year Afghan war.
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