The Obama administrationâs ambitious civilian push in Pakistan and Afghanistan will keep thousands of Americans in those countries for years â rebuilding Afghan agriculture, rooting out corruption and using the local media to counter anti-American sentiment.
The steps, laid out in a 30-page policy paper to be released Thursday by the State Department, are the most detailed blueprint yet for the civilian part of the administrationâs strategy in the region.



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