'Tide has turned' in Taliban zone amid US troop drawdown - USA TODAY

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'Tide has turned' in Taliban zone amid US troop drawdown USA TODAY By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Commanders plan to reduce the number of US troops by about half in southwestern Afghanistan — once the heartland of the Taliban insurgency — amid signs that the militants there have been weakened and local ...

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