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Afghanistan Information Management Services, Landscan, Institute for the Study of War. Gene Thorp. Published on June 22, 2012, 8:55 p.m
WNU Editor: From the Washington Post
Afghanistan War Strategy During The Surge
In 2009 and 2010, the United States increased its troop levels in Afghanistan by 54,000 soldiers. A majority of the first wave of reinforcements was sent to Helmand province instead of neighboring Kandahar, which was deemed to be more important strategically by the then-top U.S. commander, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal. Washington Post