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As the Obama administration grapples with the question
of whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, some historians
have spoken about the similarities with Vietnam.
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Despite the Taliban's campaign of violence targeting the
elections, Afghanistan held its second-ever presidential
vote on Aug. 20. USIP's Alex Thier explains the significance.
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Special correspondent Nima Elbagir reports from a hospital
in Kandahar, in the south of Afghanistan, on the toll that
war has taken on the nation's civilian population.
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