U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Platoon, Personnel Security Detail, 101st Airborne Division exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to provide security in Bagram, Afghanistan, on Feb. 15, 2009. DoD photo by Sgt. Prentice C. Martin-Bowen, U.S. Army. (Released)From Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 17,000 additional U.S. troops President Barack Obama ordered sent to Afghanistan will be operational by summer, before the country's August presidential election, the top commander of NATO and U.S. forces said on Wednesday.
"I will use most of those forces in the southern part of Afghanistan, an area where we do not have sufficient security presence," U.S. Army General David McKiernan told a news conference.
Summer in Afghanistan also coincides with the annual peak of counterinsurgency operations, he said.
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My Comment: And so it begins ....
