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Operation Khanjar - Pashto for "dagger" - is the first test of the Obama Administration's new strategy for Afghanistan. No longer treated as a concern secondary to Iraq, the Afghanistan theater will see the number of American soldiers serving there increase by 17,000 by this fall. And under McChrystal, they'll be waging a different kind of war. Limited troop availability in the past meant that while NATO forces could clear an area of insurgents, they were unable to hold the terrain. Now the plan is for the Marines to set up combat posts in villages to provide the residents...
...forces are aware of the danger cited by Nimatullah. "What makes Operation Khanjar different from those that have occurred before is the massive size of the force introduced, the speed at which it will insert, and the fact that where we go we will stay and where we stay we will hold, build and work toward transition of all security responsibilities to Afghan forces," said Brigadier General Larry Nicholson, the Marine commander, in a statement...
...Khanjar recently testified before Congress to obtain U.S. military assistance, medical supplies, clothing, and food to counterbalance the superiority of the Soviet military forces. Khanjar said the Reagan Administration is not currently providing any "effective support" for the Afghan rebels...
...love of freedom is strong among the people of Afghanistan. We will struggle for freedom to the death," Khanjar said...
...Khanjar's message is important and clear, yet the Afghan rebels' cause gets the least amount of attention and support in this country," said Republican Club President Kris Kobach...