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December 4th, 2009 at 9:00 am

US allies offer 7,000 troops for Afghan surge (AFP)

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British soldiers conduct a patrol outside Kandahar Air Field in 2006. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said alliance members will send at least 5,000 troops to back the new US surge of 30,000 extra soldiers, but key nations made no immediate offer to help.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - US allies in Afghanistan have so far offered some 7,000 troops to help battle the Taliban insurgency and there are “more to come”, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday.


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