This week's Taliban suicide bombing which killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan, comes at a time when Americans are beefing up their military and civilian presence in the country.
John Dempsey, who leads the Kabul office of the U.S. Institute of Peace, talks to Steve Inskeep about the implications of the attack on a civilian outreach base near Khost.
International partners plan to more than double civilian specialists in Afghanistan in 2010.
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