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Pentagon preparing for Taliban attacks during US withdrawal

by Robert Burns
| April 29, 2021 10:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is preparing for possible Taliban attacks on U.S. and coalition forces as they withdraw from Afghanistan, a prospect that complicates the outlook for winding down America's longest war.

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