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AFPTop Obama aide to visit Afghanistan, Pak, India
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Barack Obama's top security adviser James Jones will visit Afghanistan and Pakistan to monitor implementation of the new US war plan, a US official said Monday.
Jones, who will also visit India, will meet local officials, US diplomats, military personnel and representatives of foreign nations battling alongside US troops in the Afghan war coalition.
"At the request of the president, national security advisor Jim Jones is traveling to Afghanistan and Pakistan to follow-up on the implementation of our new, comprehensive strategy," said National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer.
Obama put Pakistan at the center of the US fight against Al-Qaeda when he unveiled a new war strategy in March to commit thousands more troops and billions of dollars to the Afghan war.
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