blogs.reuters.com
- Sanjeev Miglani

The United States carried out more drone strikes in Afghanistan this year than it has done in all the years put together in Pakistan since it launched the covert air war there eight years ago. With all the attention and hand wringing focused on the operations in Pakistan, it’s remarkable that such a ramp-up just over the border has gone virtually unnoticed.
The two battlegrounds are not the same, of course. Afghanistan is an open and hot battlefield where U.S. forces are deployed and the dron... show all text
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@slagjanp: US carried out more drone strikes in Afghanistan in 2012 than the entire 8 years since its covert air war began http://t.co/Y7nm9T0z
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@Reuters: US carried out more drone strikes in Afghanistan in 2012 than the entire 8 years since its covert air war began http://t.co/Y7nm9T0z