Gates and Afghan Leader Review Plan for a Kandahar Offensive

KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met here on Monday with President Hamid Karzai and Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal to review plans for a major American-led offensive in the city of Kandahar, the spiritual heart and birthplace of the Taliban, an operation General McChrystal indicated could get under way this summer. - Gates Visits Afghanistan to Meet With Karzai and NATO Commanders ...

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