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In recent news, CNN reports that a controversial policy that gave U.S. forces in Afghanistan four days to question detainees is about the be changed. The new policy will allow soldiers more time to interrogate the captives, according to General David Petraeus. Patraeus explained to the Senate Armed Services Committee that American troops will now [...]

Recently, U.S. officials who were meeting in Afghanistan realized that the largest area of insurgent control is the one that had the weakest cell phone coverage. “We found that Afghans in the most-troubled, insurgent-held areas lived in information wastelands dominated by militant propaganda,” Mr. Holbrooke said. “We are fighting back with a revamped strategy that [...]