CIA expanding presence in Afghanistan
In a bid to improve intelligence on the resurgent Taliban and find ways to reverse a series of unsettling trends, the CIA is greatly expanding its presence in the war-torn Afghanistan, which will make agency's station there among the largest in its history.
``In Afghanistan, the United States is moving into a new phase, transferring responsibility for security to Afghan forces, starting to reduce American forces this summer and building a long-term partnership with the Afghan people,'' Obama told reporters when he announced his new team for Afghanistan.