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August was the bloodiest month for US and international forces in Afghanistan. A report yesterday from the American commander, General Stanley McChrystal, is said to acknowledge that the situation is grim and that a new strategy is needed. At the same time votes are still being counted in the August 20th presidential election, amid widespread allegations of fraud, corruption and intimidation. Marco Werman talks with Andrew Exum, an army veteran of both Afghanistan and Iraq, and now a Fellow at the Washington think tank, the Center for a New American Security about the situation in Afghanistan. >>>Read more about the situation in Afghanistan