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WASHINGTON — U.S. commanders in Afghanistan are requesting 3,300 more troops to accelerate the training of new Afghan army and police forces, a job seen as critical to defeating Afghanistan’s growing insurgency.Maj. Gen. Robert Cone, who heads the U.S. command in Kabul that trains Afghan forces, said Wednesday that he has asked for 60 additional training teams — a total of about 1,000 troops — to help speed the expansion of the Afghan army.
Meanwhile, an Afghan health official says a suicide car-bomb attack against a U.S. military convoy today has wounded 57 civilians and one American soldier.
