{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Pentagon Has 400,000 personnel in-theater for its Afghan War","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article54755.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article54755.html'\u003EPentagon Has 400,000 personnel in-theater for its Afghan War\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast weekend, the Boston Globe\u2019s Bryan Bender reported that the United States has 155,000 troops into Afghanistan.   Mr. Bender appears to have obtained his information from the Office of U.S. Senator John Kerry.  This reporter contacted Mr. Bender and Senator Kerry\u2019s office.  Neither would confirm nor deny the number. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n\tOn February 7, 2011, this author contacted General David Petraeus\u2019 headquarters in Kabul and asked for the current number of American military personnel in Afghanistan. (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}