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U.S. team visits Kabul as Washington boost troops (Reuters)
Filed: January 28th 2007: US

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) shakes hands with U.S. House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi before their meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul January 28, 2007. (Omar sobhani/Reuters)Reuters - New U.S. House of Representatives speaker
Nancy Pelosi met senior Afghan leaders on Sunday, days after
Washington announced a major boost in troops and money to bring
peace after the bloodiest year since the Taliban’s ouster in
2001.

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