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US soldiers at war: Is Afghanistan better than Iraq?
Currently, there are approximately 38,000 United States soldiers in Afghanistan, with an upcoming addition of over 17,000 in line with US President Barack Obama’s new strategy. Salerno is one of the U.S. bases in Afghanistan, along with Bagram. These soldiers hardly know anything about the country to which most of them were deployed to after [...]
Filed in: Critic, Society & Culture
Obama plans to exit Afghanistan, says Karzai gov’t is too corrupt and incompetent
US President Barack Obama is dissatisfied with the administration of Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The United States and its European allies want to appoint a prime minister to dilute some of Karzai’s singular power. They also believe that resources devoted to this country in the future should be channeled through [...]
Filed in: News + Politics
