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04-22-2009, 07:38 AM
By ANNE GEARAN
Associated Press
April 22, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is increasing cooperation with the Afghan military, including sharing sensitive information about suspected extremists, in hopes of reducing civilian deaths that undermine support for the military mission in Afghanistan, a top Pentagon official said Tuesday.
Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy said the Obama administration wants a closer partnership with Afghans in every aspect of U.S. military operations, "from intelligence to planning to actual execution."
"That includes the most sensitive kinds of direct action that we are undertaking against extremist elements," Flournoy told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Associated Press
April 22, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is increasing cooperation with the Afghan military, including sharing sensitive information about suspected extremists, in hopes of reducing civilian deaths that undermine support for the military mission in Afghanistan, a top Pentagon official said Tuesday.
Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy said the Obama administration wants a closer partnership with Afghans in every aspect of U.S. military operations, "from intelligence to planning to actual execution."
"That includes the most sensitive kinds of direct action that we are undertaking against extremist elements," Flournoy told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/april/0422_afghan_info1.sh tml)