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The Obama administration has signaled its plans to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, bringing the total NATO command to about 90,000.

McClatchy Pentagon correspondent Nancy Youssef reports that most of the expanded force will be focused on the southern areas where Taliban forces are collaborating with narco-traffickers whose heroin trade helps fund the anti-U.S. insurgency.

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Youssef adds, however, that the overall American strategy for the Afghan conflict remains muddled.

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