A plan approved Thursday to extend NATO’s military control across all of Afghanistan would put as many as 12,000 American troops under foreign battlefield command, a number that U.S. officials said could be the most since World War II. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld hailed the change as a “bold step forward.” The move is expected to take place in the next few weeks, NATO spokesman James Appathurai said. Full Story
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