US defense chief Panetta in Afghanistan after massacre
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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived on an unannounced two-day visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday, as the United States tries to contain fallout from a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier.
Panetta's visit had been scheduled before Sunday's shooting rampage, but it takes on new meaning as political pressure mounts on Afghan and US officials over the unpopular war, now dragging into its eleventh year. (Reuters)
