Troops Already Outnumber Taliban 12-1 (ap)

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FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Oct.19, 2009, Taliban militants stand beside burnt trucks, background left, on main Ghazni- Kandahar highway in Ghazni, west of Kabul. As debate intensifies about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, NATO and U.S. estimates of Taliban strength suggest the insurgents already are outnumbered by up to 15 to one. The estimates of 20,000 to 25,000 guerrillas — against an allied force of nearly 300,000 — raise the question of how new troops would tilt the balance when the current U.S.-led mission has not succeeded. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Naikzad, File )AP – There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn’t led to anything close to victory.

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