Afghan town revival lauded
By Associated Press
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 -
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 -
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ShareNOW ZAD, Afghanistan - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, aiming to show progress in the expanded war against insurgents in south Afghanistan, took a brief, heavily guarded walk yesterday down a rutted street in this scruffy market town where the Taliban lobbed mortars at U.S. forces only weeks ago.
Now Zad was the scene of the first significant military push after President Obama’s announcement in early December that he would add 30,000 troops atop 17,000 reinforcements he had already sent into the flagging war.
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