Longer tour for 3,200 U.S. troops
From Times Wire Reports
The Pentagon has decided to extend the combat tour of 3,200 soldiers from a 10th Mountain Division brigade in Afghanistan for four months in hopes of quelling violence.
Ben Abel, a spokesman for Ft. Drum, N.Y., where the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, is based, confirmed the extension. About 24,000 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan, the highest number since the war began in October 2001.
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