Petraeus Doesn't Seek 'Graceful Exit' From Afghanistan War. What's The Timeline? -- Christian Science Monitor
With the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan surpassing 2,000 this weekend, what does the road ahead in that country look like?
The tally – now at 2,002 – comes from the independent iCasualties.org website. It includes 1,227 Americans, 331 Britons, 151 Canadians, and 45 French.
The mounting numbers have put pressure on coalition countries to wrap up their involvement in Afghanistan; the Netherlands ended its military mission Aug. 1, after four years. At the very least, such grim milestones offer a moment for taking stock and seeing what lies ahead.
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