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(CBS News) KABUL – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey spoke Monday with U.S. and Afghan officials in Kabul amid a spike in “insider attacks” which has seen Afghan forces claim the lives of 10 U.S. troops during the last two weeks alone. Dempsey first met Gen. John Allen, commander of both the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and U.S. forces in the country, to discuss the progress of the military campaign, which is to begin winding down after more than 11 years. “Our session today was an excellent dialogue about how to maintain momentum against the insurgents and ISAF’s continuing support to building Afghan capacity,” Gen. Allen said in a statement released after the meeting. “The campaign remains on track.” But Dempsey’s surprise visit to Afghanistan comes just a day after the latest insider attack, this time by two Afghan police officers, left one U.S. service member dead and one wounded. One of the two attackers escaped. More in Afghanistan: The way forward Panetta prods Karzai on Afghan insider killingsU.S. troops told to stay armed at all timesU.S. mom seeks answers after “insider” attack Tackling the recent spate of similar incidents will be a major topic of discussion for Dempsey’s visit. There have been 32 confirmed insider attacks so far this year. At least 40 coalition forces have been killed in such incidents in...

(AP) MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin says Russia can work with Mitt Romney if he’s elected U.S. president, even though Romney has called Russia the United States’ “No. 1 geopolitical foe.” In an interview broadcast Thursday by the Kremlin-funded Russia Today TV channel, Putin made his first direct comments about the Republican challenger to President Barack Obama. Romney keeps up strong rhetoric on Russia “We’ll work with whichever president is elected by the American people. But our effort will be only as efficient as our partners will want it to be,” Putin said. Putin expressed concern about how a Romney presidency would affect the long-running dispute over U.S.-led NATO plans to place elements of a missile-defense system in Europe. Russia contends the system could undermine its own defenses. Putin said if Romney is elected “the missile defense system will definitely be directed against Russia.” The wide-ranging interview showed Putin’s acerbic and combative side, particularly on the issue of the two-year prison sentence imposed last month on three members of the provocateur band Pussy Riot for their “punk prayer” prank in Moscow’s main cathedral entreating the Virgin Mary to save Russia from Putin. Their conviction brought widespread criticism of Russia for stifling opposition and free speech. Putin briefly sparred with the English-speaking interviewer over how the band’s name could be translated into Russian, 도박 합법 국가 saying “I think you...