Washington, October 26: The Pentagon conducted a secret war game this month to evaluate two different military options in Afghanistan, being considered by President Obama in a broad White House review of the Afghan conflict.
The war games led by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen analysed the likely outcome of sending an additional 44,000 troops and another of sending between 10,000 to 15,000 troops to Afghanistan, a media report said today.
Results of the war game has been made available to the White House, where US President Barack Obama has been holding a series of situation room meetings with his top aides to find the right strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to The Washington Post.
In a lead story, the paper quoting unnamed senior military officials said the aim of the war game was to examine the likely reaction of Taliban fighters, and Afghanistan and Pakistan to either of the scenarios.
The Post, however, said one of the outcome of the war game was that an induction of 10-15 thousand more troops would not give the US commanders in near future the wherewithal to snatch back crucial areas from Taliban and southern and western Afghanistan.
–Agencies