Pentagon: US troop total in Afghanistan larger than reported

WASHINGTON- Pentagon officials for the first time say there are about 11,000 U.S. forces currently deployed to Afghanistan.That is far more than the 8,400 total acknowledged under the previous administration's troop cap.Military officials have long quietly acknowledged there were far more forces in the country than the cap allowed, but commanders shuffled troops in and out, labeled many "temporary," and used other personnel accounting tactics to artificially keep the public count low.Pentagon s