Petraeus Says Commando Raids on Afghan Taliban Leaders Rising
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The U.S. is deploying more counter- terrorism teams in Afghanistan designed to kill Taliban leaders as the Afghan government works to lure away their supporters, said General David Petraeus, the top commander in the region.
The “operational tempo” in Afghanistan of so-called special mission units “is going to increase in the months ahead,” Petraeus said yesterday in an interview in Washington.