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Taliban may be enduring a rift, Pentagon official says

Taliban leaders in Pakistan are pressing their soldiers in Afghanistan to step up attacks but minimize civilian casualties, a message that is dividing fighters from the leadership and may encourage some to quit the insurgency, a top Pentagon official said.

 

Afghan exit will cost U.S. billions, Pentagon's No. 2 says

Moving the mountain of U.S. military gear out of Afghanistan after more than a decade of war will cost billions of dollars and prove far more difficult than last year's withdrawal from Iraq, the Pentagon's No. 2 official said Tuesday.

 

Pentagon to soon deploy pint-sized but lethal Switchblade drones

U.S. Drones

Seeking to reduce civilian casualties and collateral damage, the Pentagon will soon deploy a new generation of drones the size of model planes, packing tiny explosive warheads that can be delivered with pinpoint accuracy

 

Pentagon Destroys Copies of Controversial Memoir Written by Army Officer

Pentagon Destroys Copies of Controversial Memoir Written by Army Officer

The Pentagon has burned 9,500 copies of Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer's memoir "Operation Dark Heart," his book about going undercover in Afghanistan.

A Department of Defense official tells Fox News that the department purchased copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security.

 

Pentagon Denies WikiLeaks’ Talk of a Pending Deal

In a letter to a lawyer representing the online organization, the Defense Department’s general counsel wrote that the department would not negotiate a new release of classified documents.

 

Pentagon: Leaked Afghan reports are not top-secret

American officials from the president down tried to downplay the leak of thousands of Afghan war documents.

 

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