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October 13, 2011

Study: U.S. Exaggerating Claims of Targeting Taliban Leaders 
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A new study says the U.S.-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan is
exaggerating its stated gains over the Taliban. A review by the
Afghanistan Analysts Network shows that NATO's use of the word "leader"
to describe an alleged top militant is "so broad as to be meaningless."
The report also notes that for every alleged militant "leader" killed in
nighttime raids, eight other people have also died.



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