DNI: 800,000 Troops Needed To Control Afghanistan
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The Afghan National Army would have to grow by an order of magnitude to secure the entire country, the director of national intelligence (DNI) estimates. Applying the Army Counterinsurgency Handbook’s coarse formula of 25 personnel per 1,000 population, the DNI told the Senate Intelligence Committee...
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