U.S. servicemen board a plane bound for Afghanistan at Manas Air Base near Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, February 13, 2009. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)General Sees Long Term for Afghanistan Buildup -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — The top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David D. McKiernan, said Wednesday that the heightened troop levels that President Obama ordered for Afghanistan could remain in place for as long as five years.
General McKiernan, who spoke at a news conference at the Pentagon a day after Mr. Obama ordered 17,000 additional troops to the country, said that the buildup “is not a temporary force uplift” and that it was essential to break what he called a stalemate in southern Afghanistan, the epicenter of the Taliban-led insurgency.
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