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

US Army orders hundreds of soldiers back to southern Afghanistan

By News on the Net Fox News——Bio and Archives--February 10, 2016

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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