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Afghanistan, From Bombing to Drawdown
President Obama's announcement on the July start of U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan comes nearly a decade after the U.S.-led military operation began.
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August 22, 2008 -- A coalition airstrike in Herat province's Shindand district kills civilians and militants. A U.S. military investigation concluded that more than 30 civilians died, not five as the U.S. military initially insisted.
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Dec 1, 2009 -- President Obama announces his new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan, which involves sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to the country by the summer of 2010. The added troops will join an estimated 68,000 U.S. service members and tens
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U.S. Army cadets watch President Obama announce his strategy at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, December 1, 2009.
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February 17, 2009 -- President Obama approves a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Pentagon officials say the total will come to 17,000, in addition to the 38,000 U.S. troops already in Afghanistan. And they say all th