Lt. Gen. David Barno addressed House Armed Services Committee on Afghanistan

Retired Lieutenant General David Barno spoke today in front of the House Armed Services Committee about the escalation of violence in Afghanistan since 2004. He cited figures revealing stark increases in “security incidents,” roadside bombs, suicide bombings, and air attacks by coalition and NATO forces. He described suicide bombings in Afghanistan as a “decidedly non-Afghan phenomenon… which has been imported from Iraq.”

 

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