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thank you for your posts on Afghanistan and for sharing the story of your travels.

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'Sustained' Push Seen in Afghanistan
U.S. Commander Says Troop Level of 60,000 Is Needed for at Least Three to Four Years

By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 19, 2009; A11

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/18/AR2009021803373_pf.html

"The United States will have to keep about 60,000 troops in Afghanistan for at least the next three to four years to combat an increasingly violent insurgency, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said yesterday, warning that 2009 will be "a tough year."

At least 10,000 additional U.S. troops are required in Afghanistan beyond the 17,000 that President Obama announced Tuesday would go to Afghanistan this spring or summer, with decisions on two additional brigades -- one focused on training and one on combat -- expected later this year, said Gen. David D. McKiernan, the commander of international forces in Afghanistan..."