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The U.S. Needs to Keep Troops in Afghanistan

Posted July 8th, 2015 at 12:47 pm (UTC-5)
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We went to Afghanistan for a compelling reason: to ensure that Afghanistan never again served as a sanctuary for al-Qaeda, as it did when the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were planned there under the Taliban. The importance of that mission continues.