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Last updated: 2 july, 2009 - 09:19 GMT

A new direction for US foreign policy?

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Does Operation Khanjar - the first large scale military offensive in Afghanistan since President Obama took office - signify a shift in direction for US foreign policy?

BBC World Service's The World Today programme spoke to Alex Thier is the director of The Future of Afghanistan project at the US institute of peace.

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