NATO launches major southern Afghan offensive
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NATO launched its biggest offensive in Afghanistan since the 2001 war on Tuesday, targetting the Taliban and drug lords as hundreds of people rallied in the east against U.S. soldiers killing civilians.
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Britain will deploy nearly 1,400 extra troops to southern Afghanistan, where NATO forces are bracing for a Taliban spring offensive, Defence Secretary Des Browne said Monday.
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Troops killed 21 militants in the latest battles in a major offensive launched a week ago in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said here.
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NATO's top commander today urged members of the alliance to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where he said fighters of the deposed Taliban movement are waging an insurgency of surprising intensity.
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Coalition forces pressed forward with a major offensive in southern Afghanistan, killing an estimated 45 insurgents in attacks on two Taliban militant camps, military officials said Saturday.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - An explosion struck a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan on Monday, wounding two soldiers, witnesses and a NATO official said.
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A NATO soldier was killed on Saturday in combat in southern Afghanistan as the alliance launched an air strike against leaders of the country's Taliban insurgency, a NATO statement said.
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ARGHINDAB RIVER VALLEY, Afghanistan  - British-led armored columns of NATO troops swept into southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, launching one of the biggest operations in months.
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The Taliban remain a serious threat even though they were defeated in a major ground offensive in southern Afghanistan and promising full security would be &quot;foolish,&quot; NATO said.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - An explosion struck a convoy of NATO troops in southern Afghanistan on Monday, damaging a vehicle but there was no immediate word on casualties, witnesses and a NATO official said.
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Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces arrested a suspected bomb expert and five other terror suspects Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, as NATO forces in the south fought Taliban militants in the second day of the alliance's largest-ever offensive in Afghanistan.
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British forces carry out an operation against the Taleban in Garmsir, southern Afghanistan.
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Six NATO soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle, the alliance said, the deadliest attack on the force this month in the country.
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Almost a week into its biggest offensive   against the Taliban, NATO says it has cornered a large group of   fighters and killed about 300, but still needs more troops and   aircraft to finish the job.
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A British-led multinational force launches an offensive against the Taleban in the southern Afghanistan.
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Reports estimated that as many as 200 Taliban fighters were killed in a new offensive in southern Afghanistan.
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NATO and Afghan forces have killed 92 Taliban rebels in air and artillery strikes in southern Afghanistan, the latest deaths in a major anti-insurgent offensive, the alliance said.