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US Troops Operating on Ground in Northern Afghanistan
US Troops Operating on Ground in Northern Afghanistan
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday that his country has a "modest" number of ground troops in Afghanistan.
"We do have a very modest number of ground troops in the country and they are there for liaison purposes," Rumsfeld said at a press briefing at Pentagon.
He said that US ground troops were in north Afghanistan and were helping provide targeting information for the US bombing campaign.
Ground Forces had also been in and out of southern Afghanistan, he added.
Rumsfeld does not rule out a more expansive ground campaign in Afghanistan.
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