Afghanistan to take part in U.S. war review

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A U.S. soldier stands guard Sunday in front of an armored personal carrier vehicle, as his colleagues, right, walk to investigate regarding the three arrested, suspected Taliban militants in the city of Kandahar province south of Kabul. Afghan forces arrested three suspected militants with their ammunitions in the city of Kandahar province, said police officials. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that his nation would participate in a strategic war review by U.S. officials.


Afghanistan to take part in U.S. war review
By Jason Straziuso - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Feb 15, 2009 12:14:02 EST

KABUL — The Afghan government will take part in a U.S. strategic review of the war in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday in a sign of increased cooperation at a time of strained relations.

Karzai recently sent President Barack Obama a letter with a proposal that Afghanistan join a war review currently under way.

The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, said at a joint news conference that Obama had “welcomed the suggestion.”

Karzai said his foreign minister, Dadfar Rangin Spanta, would head the delegation. The U.S. has several reviews of the situation in Afghanistan under way, and it was not immediately clear which one Afghan officials would take part in.

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The U.S. is studying the situation in Afghanistan at a time of spiraling violence. Taliban attacks have spiked the last three years, and militants have swept up wide areas of countryside that the Afghan government has not been able to control.


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