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Obama to Explore New
Approach in Afghanistan War
By Karen DeYoung, Washington Post Staff Writer
The incoming Obama administration
plans to explore a more regional strategy to the war in Afghanistan
-- including possible talks with Iran -- and looks favorably on the
nascent dialogue between the Afghan government and "reconcilable"
elements of the
Taliban, according to Obama national security advisers...
Obama said during the campaign that his
administration would explore talks with countries such as Iran and
Syria, rejecting bedrock Bush policy and rhetoric that some U.S.
military officials believe may have outlived their usefulness.
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U.S. newspaper says President-elect Barack Obama is considering a more regional
approach to the war in Afghanistan that could include talks with Iran.
The Washington Post Tuesday cites unnamed
national security advisers to Mr. Obama, who also say he intends to deploy
thousands more U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The newspaper also reports Mr. Obama plans to intensify the search for al-Qaida
leader Osama bin Laden, who is widely blamed for the September 11, 2001 attacks
on the United States.
The Post quotes one of Mr. Obama's advisers as saying bin Laden is America's
enemy and should be its principal target.
Mr. Obama has pledged to end the war in Iraq, and defeat al-Qaida and the
Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Post quotes a senior U.S. military official explaining mainly-Shi'ite Iran's
interest in cooperating as saying Iran does not want "Sunni extremists in charge
of Afghanistan any more than" the U.S. does.
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