U.S. soldiers and airmen from Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul return to base after a patrol near the city of Qalat, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Nov. 1, 2010. The Zabul team includes U.S. members of the Army, Air Force, State Department, Agriculture Department and U.S. Agency for International Development, all working with Afghanistan's government to improve governance, stability and development throughout the province. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian FergusonTaliban Call On US To Send Fact-Finding Team To Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
KABUL (AFP) – The Taliban called on the US Congress on Sunday to send a "fact-finding mission" to Afghanistan to investigate what they called the lies and propaganda spread by American military chiefs to prolong the war.
The Islamist militant group has been fighting for more than nine years to topple the Kabul government, which is backed by 150,000 US and NATO troops.
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