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Petraeus calls for sustained US focus on Afghanistan

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WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Preventing Afghanistan from becoming a terrorist sanctuary still needed to be America's mission a former American general and commander of US forces in the country told lawmakers on Wednesday.

“The mission, I think, is still very clear, it is to prevent Afghanistan forever, once again becoming a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when Al Qaida had the bases there under Taliban rule," the ex-general said.

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