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US to deploy tanks in Afghan war
11-20-2010, 01:12 PM
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US to deploy tanks in Afghan war
WASHINGTON: The US is sending battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the war against the Taliban, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Citing unnamed US officers and defence officials, the paper said General David Petraeus, commander of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, approved the deployment last month. “The deployment of a company of M1 Abrams tanks, which will be fielded by the Marines in the country’s southwest, will allow ground forces to target insurgents from a greater distance – and with more of a lethal punch – than is possible from any other US military vehicle,” it said. The initial deployment calls for 16 tanks to be used in parts of Helmand province, where fighting rages between US Marines and Taliban guerrillas.
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