Defense Secretary Robert Gates described the military situation in Afghanistan as a "mixed" picture and said Afghan forces may have to be increased beyond the planned level of 230,000 personnel to make headway, reports Bloomberg.
Gates made his comment as General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, yesterday sent his assessment of the mission to General David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, and to the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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