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What's the Endgame in Afghanistan?
Two-thirds of Americans tell pollsters this country's longest war is no longer fighting, at the cost of many casualties and billions of dollars...
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenTwo-thirds of Americans tell pollsters this country's longest war is no longer fighting, at the cost of many casualties and billions of dollars. We look at the shaky start of the so-called "endgame" in Afghanistan. Also, wildfires devastate large swaths of Texas, and Major League Baseball takes control of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Banner image: Taliban fighters peacefully surrender their arms during a meeting with Afghan government officials as part of the government's peace and reintegration process, April 11, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo: US Army Maj. James D. Crawford/ISAF Regional Command (South) via Getty Images
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The draw-down of troops is scheduled to start in July, with a final pullout set for 2014, but another summer of deadly fighting is already under way. In Southern Afghanistan, progress against the Taliban is described as "profound," but has come at the cost of moving troops out of the Northeast.
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