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Afghanistan: Send more troops soon or wait?

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A U.S soldier stands guard in Ghazni city west of Kabul, in October 2007.
Photo by MOHAMMAD YAQUBI/AFP/Getty Images

Gen. Stanley McChrystal will submit a troop request for Afghanistan next week to the Obama administration.

The request was said to be delayed because of McChrystal's leaked predictions that violence would continue to escalate in Afghanistan unless more troops were sent.

Some worry the Obama administration is pulling back from previous support for the war.

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U.S. soldier in Afghanistan
A U.S soldier stands guard in Ghazni city west of Kabul, in October 2007.
Photo by MOHAMMAD YAQUBI/AFP/Getty Images