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US soldiers stand guard as the US military helicopter transporting US Vice President Joe Biden prepares to land at a US base in Maidan Shar Wardak province on January 11, 2011
Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2011

Open quoteOne says we are not building bases, another says we are building them, and it's very confusing.Close quote

  • MULLAH ATTULLAH LODIN,
  • deputy chairman of the High Peace Council of Afghanistan, a group charged with negotiating with the Taliban, on the fate of existing and planned U.S. bases in the country after 2014
Photo: SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images | Source: NYT