The success of the surge of American troops in Iraq is putting pressure anew on the Pentagon to build a surge plan to counter a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan. But experts warn that it will take more than just additional troops to turn things around there.
There are currently some 70,000 NATO troops on the ground in Afghanistan, with 32,000 from the United States and 38,000 drawn from various NATO allies, reports The New York Times, adding that, "[the] violence has spiked even as the number of foreign troops in Afghanistan nears its highest level since 2001."
About 2,700 people have been killed this year in fighting with the Taliban, including 800 Afghan security forces, according to calculations by the Associated Press.
The number of Western soldiers killed this year rose by five last Friday, when a series of bombings killed four soldiers in Kunar Province and, separately, one soldier in Khost – both eastern provinces along the border with Pakistan, reports Agence France-Presse.
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