"we're going to have more troops (in afghanistan) . . . than the russians had."
"we're going to have more troops (in afghanistan) . . . than the russians had."
john murtha
jan 13, 2017 ... u.s. military forces have been at war for all eight years of obama's tenure, the ...  he launched airstrikes or military raids in at least seven countries: afghanistan,  iraq, syria, ... yet the u.s. faces more threats in more places than at any time ... “ we're now wrapped up in all these different conflicts, at a low level ...
but these demographic details have minimum bearing on the relations between  ... the war in afghanistan, and at its peak, more than 100,000 soviet soldiers were  ... russia has also allowed the u.s.-led coalition to send logistical and military ...
apr 24, 2017 ... more than 100 afghan soldiers are killed and wounded in a coordinated ... “we're  going to have to confront russia,” mattis said, adding supplying the ... the  taliban had sheltered osama bin laden, the al-qaeda leader who ...
apr 25, 2017 ... the leader of us and international forces in afghanistan has said that he is ... but  we're going to have to confront russia where what they're doing is ... more than  140 afghan troops were killed in a huge taliban gunmen and ...
sep 27, 2011 ... but since then, many enduring myths have grown up about the war-torn country.  ... for the british but their troop losses were twice those of the afghans, ... the  soviets could have remained in afghanistan for several more years ....  afghanistan has a long history of honour killings and honour mutilation, going ...