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Afghan National Army commandoes yell 'Commandoes!!!!!' as they head to their compound after a day of training at Camp Morehead near Kabul, Afghanistan March 29, 2008
Friday, Sep. 19, 2008

Open quoteWe are not going to be carrying the burden of this, and the Afghans are not capable of paying for it either.Close quote

  • An unnamed senior Pentagon official,
  • on a possible U.S. request to NATO allies to fund an expansion of Afghanistan's army to fight resurgent Taliban militants
Photo: Andy Nelson / The Christian Science Monitor / Getty Images | Source: Financial Times