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AP - Afghan officials said Thursday that a deadly U.S.-led special forces raid on a remote western village last week was based on misleading information p

U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan are involved in an ambitious project to turn thousands of Afghan soldiers into commandos.

The effort to create an elite fighting force is part of the broader counter-insurgency strategy to stabilize Afghanistan.

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The global jump in the price of food has also hit Afghanistan, one of the world's poorest countries. The cost of Afghans' main staple food — bread — has jumped 60 percent in recent months.

But the country's government says there may be a silver lining to this crisis.

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