U.S. Curbs Presence in Northern Region
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From Times Wire Reports
U.S. Special Forces have scaled back their presence in northern Afghanistan, but military investigators are still “pursuing leads” on key Taliban figures or those linked to Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network, a U.S. commander said.
The cut in the Special Forces contingent suggests U.S. military interrogators have nearly finished with the major task of questioning the remaining 3,500 Taliban prisoners in a severely crowded compound in the northern city of Shibergan.
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