U.S. Adds Eight Bases in Afghanistan
Posted on January 9th, 2009
Human Events – Washington,DC,USA
by Rowan Scarborough – 01/07/2009
The U.S. Army is building eight major operating bases in southern Afghanistan in an expansion that underscores a new, larger troop commitment to try to defeat the stubborn Taliban insurgency. … Setting up new bases is a touchy issue in Afghanistan, where local leaders only talk of temporary U.S. facilities as opposed to a long-term American presence. …
