Afghan War’s Top General Cites Progress in Face of Violence
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Marine General John Allen, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said coalition forces are making progress even in the face of “heart-wrenching” events including “what appears to be the murder of 16 innocent Afghan civilians at the hands of a U.S. service member.”
“There is much hard and deadly work that remains to be done,” Allen said in testimony today before the House Armed Services Committee. “But the progress is real, and importantly, that progress is sustainable.”