Hundreds of New Civilian Employees Proposed for Afghanistan

Hundreds of additional U.S. diplomats and civilian officials would be deployed to Afghanistan as part of the new civil-military regional strategy that President Obama's top national security advisers plan to present for his signature next week, according to administration officials.

Obama is expected to make final decisions and issue a presidential directive on the eve of two major international gatherings -- a 73-nation Afghanistan meeting in the Netherlands on March 31, and the April 3-4 NATO summit in France where Afghanistan and Pakistan will be at the top of the agenda.
U.S. Plan Would Send Hundreds More Civilians to Afghanistan
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