WASHINGTON — The death of Osama bin Laden stands to reshape U.S. policy by strengthening the position of officials in Washington who want to sharply scale down the 10-year-old war in Afghanistan. The incident also places dangerous strains on the shaky U.S. partnership with Pakistan. One day after bin Laden died, many argued that the mission showed that the United States is better off by focusing narrowly on striking militant leaders, rather than trying to defend Afghanistan’s population with 130,000 troops. With a top U.S. goal now achieved, they said, President Barack Obama should begin reducing U.S. troop levels, while refocusing the approach to better address a militant threat that has…
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