U.S. TO PROTECT POPULOUS AFGHAN AREAS, OFFICIALS SAY -- BY THOM SHANKER, PETER BAKER AND HELENE COOPER, The New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s advisers are focusing on a strategy for Afghanistan aimed at protecting about 10 top population centers, administration officials said Tuesday, describing an approach that would stop short of an all-out assault on the Taliban while still seeking to nurture long-term stability.

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