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2014-11-06 Afghanistan

U.S. General Says Afghan Troops Being Killed in Unprecedented Numbers

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

Posted by Pappy 2014-11-06 08:15|| 2014-11-06 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Nuke Pakistan and the problem ends.

Posted by Snavick Ulusoger9346 2014-11-06 17:41|| 2014-11-06 17:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Nobody there to protect them anymore.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-11-06 19:17|| 2014-11-06 19:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Afghan army and police have suffered a 6.5 percent spike in casualties this year, with 4,634 killed in combat in 2014, compared to 4,350 killed for all of 2013, said Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson, the number two ranking U.S. officer in Afghanistan.

This is peanuts. ARVN suffered 25K dead a year. Aren't these supposed to be Muslims? Don't they go to paradise if they die in battle?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2014-11-06 20:37|| 2014-11-06 20:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Bottom line is that these numbers should be sustainable. The question is whether Afghanistan's non-Pashtuns want to live under Taliban rule.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2014-11-06 20:38|| 2014-11-06 20:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Paging General Dostom, General Dostom to the white courtesy phone please.

Posted by Injun Ulomoque8628 2014-11-06 21:20|| 2014-11-06 21:20|| Front Page Top

#7 No offense to the dead guys, but a "6.5 percent spike" just sounds like noise. Although the decimal point *does* make it much more serious.

Posted by SteveS 2014-11-06 22:38|| 2014-11-06 22:38|| Front Page Top

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