On Thursday's Radio Smart Talk, we’ll learn the latest about American military operations in Afghanistan from the former Chief Planner at NATO Headquarters in Kabul, Colonel James Helis. He's Chairman of the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle.

We'll discuss whether the ongoing counterinsurgency strategy is really the best way forward, and if it meshes with the President’s July 2011 deadline to begin troop withdrawals.

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