US Army orders hundreds of soldiers back to southern Afghanistan

The decision, confirmed by defense officials, is a sign of military escalation in the country even as the Obama administration tries to draw down.

Fox News, --February 10, 2016

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For the first time since combat operations were declared over at the end of 2014, a battalion of 500 U.S. Army infantrymen is being sent to southern Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand Province where the Taliban have made a comeback, Fox News has learned. More...

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