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Fri 11 Nov 2009US envoy opposes more troops for Afghanistan
US AMBASSADOR to Kabul Karl Eikenberry has urged President Barack Obama not to raise troop levels in Afghanistan in the present circumstances.
Mr Eikenberry offered the advice in two strongly worded classified cables before a National Security Council meeting devoted to the Afghan war on Wednesday, the Washington Postrevealed. It was the eighth such meeting this autumn.
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