PlusViolence Up Sharply As Afghan War Nears 7th YearViolence Up Sharply As Afghan War Nears 7th YearThe Associated PressWhile Iraq enjoys a lower level of violence, attacks in Afghanistan have spiked. The AP's Sagar Meghani reports from the Pentagon. (July 14)(FILE Iraq) as violence in Iraq has dropped sharply (NAT UP soldiers firing in Afghanistan) it has shot up in Afghanistan, seven years into the war SOT: Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution 13:59:08 dc ohanlon afghan intv "We have a serious problem. Our strategy, you'd have to begin to conclude, is not working." (GRAPHIC Pentagon report) A Pentagon report to Congress late last month signaled more trouble ahead (GRAPHIC page flipping) saying the Taliban had regrouped into a "resilient insurgency" (NEXT PAGE) and forecast more attacks to come (NAT UP whatever else) for the first time, more international troops were killed in Afghanistan each of the past two months than in Iraq. SOT: Mark Laity, NATO spokesman (dateline Kabul) AFG LAITY INTV 08:55:31 "If you said to me, does this mean we're losing the war or things are going badly, I'd answer by saying, if last month there had been no ISAF soldiers lost, I'd be very happy, but I would not say it meant we won." (LOCATOR MAP FROM 7/13 piece) an attack on a military outpost in the volatile east that killed 9 US forces has sharpened the focus on Afghanistan, and what officials say are more complex, intense and better coordinated atta ...
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PlusViolence Up Sharply As Afghan War Nears 7th YearViolence Up Sharply As Afghan War Nears 7th YearThe Associated PressWhile Iraq enjoys a lower level of violence, attacks in Afghanistan have spiked. The AP's Sagar Meghani reports from the Pentagon. (July 14)(FILE Iraq) as violence in Iraq has dropped sharply (NAT UP soldiers firing in Afghanistan) it has shot up in Afghanistan, seven years into the war SOT: Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution 13:59:08 dc ohanlon afghan intv "We have a serious problem. Our strategy, you'd have to begin to conclude, is not working." (GRAPHIC Pentagon report) A Pentagon report to Congress late last month signaled more trouble ahead (GRAPHIC page flipping) saying the Taliban had regrouped into a "resilient insurgency" (NEXT PAGE) and forecast more attacks to come (NAT UP whatever else) for the first time, more international troops were killed in Afghanistan each of the past two months than in Iraq. SOT: Mark Laity, NATO spokesman (dateline Kabul) AFG LAITY INTV 08:55:31 "If you said to me, does this mean we're losing the war or things are going badly, I'd answer by saying, if last month there had been no ISAF soldiers lost, I'd be very happy, but I would not say it meant we won." (LOCATOR MAP FROM 7/13 piece) an attack on a military outpost in the volatile east that killed 9 US forces has sharpened the focus on Afghanistan, and what officials say are more complex, intense and better coordinated atta ...