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WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders on Wednesday signaled a surge in U.S. forces in Afghanistan “sooner rather than later”a shift that could come later this year as they prepare to cut troop levels in Iraq.
Faced with an increasingly sophisticated insurgency, particularly along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, defense officials said sending more troops would have a significant impact on the violence.
“I think that we are clearly working very hard to see if there are opportunities to send additional forces sooner rather than later,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Pentagon reporters.
But he added that no final decisions or recommendations have been made.
