More Troops To Afghanistan, US Think
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 12:11 pm
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to approve sending thousands of additional forces to Afghanistan to deal with the growing threat from roadside bombs, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell here said.
Over the past two weeks, Gates has concluded that there are not enough forces or equipment in Afghanistan to protect U.S. troops from the threat of roadside bombs, Morrell said.
The secretary, he said, wants to send these forces “as soon as possible.”
Morrell said the deployment would be separate from any that might be requested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
The plan could send nearly 3,000 troops, another U.S. military official familiar with the proposal said.
He said Pentagon planners have already identified some of the units that would be sent.
Plans have been in place to set the U.S. troop level in Afghanistan at 68,000 since earlier this year, when President Obama approved an additional 21,000 troops.
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