US mulling to troop expansion in Pakistan: NYT
The Obama administration has intensified its debate about expanding America’s military presence in Pakistan, with some officials making the case to increase the number of Special Operations troops working with Pakistani forces in the country’s western mountains, The New York Times reported Friday.
In a dispatch from Washington, the newspaper…
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