Saturday, March 2, 2013

L.A. Times - Asia: U.S., Afghan officials at odds over fate of military bases

L.A. Times - Asia
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thumbnail U.S., Afghan officials at odds over fate of military bases
Mar 3rd 2013, 01:50

Afghans want the hundreds of bases and other outposts handed over to them as troops withdraw. But the U.S.-led coalition says Afghanistan lacks the capabilities for maintaining and defending all of them.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Late last year, before leaving Forward Operating Base Tillman for the last time, U.S. troops took apart every inch of the remote outpost near the border with Pakistan, from the dirt-packed barricades to the flat-screen TVs in the intelligence center.

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