Afghan force on track despite Taliban attacks: British commander
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Taliban suicide attacks are setbacks but will not prevent coalition forces from squeezing insurgents out, the British commander in Afghanistan told BBC radio on Tuesday.
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KABUL, Dec 2 (IPS) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair's surprising  claim that NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) troops are  "winning" the military mission against the Taliban has to  be verified on the ground in Afghanistan.
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Western forces in Afghanistan have the Taliban on the defensive after a series of spring battles that have also been blamed for a rising civilian death toll, a senior U.S. military officer said on Wednesday.
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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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British soldiers in Afghanistan are involved in some of the worst and most prolonged fighting since World War II, the British commander of NATO forces in the country said.
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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Britain called Thursday for more "burden-sharing" in Afghanistan where an international force is struggling against Taliban insurgents.
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Britain will stay the course in Afghanistan and Iraq despite the deaths of four British soldiers in insurgent attacks in the two countries, Defense Secretary Des Browne vowed.
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NATO leaders have made &quot;significant progress&quot; towards bolstering their troubled forces in Afghanistan, although shortfalls still remain, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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LONDON, Sep 5 (IPS) - The Taliban have regained control over the southern  half of Afghanistan and their frontline is advancing daily, a  group closely monitoring the Afghan situation said in a report  Tuesday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 1 -- An insurgent attack killed one British soldier and seriously wounded another Friday in the latest fighting to rack southern Afghanistan, while suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed and shot dead a district chief, officials said.
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The military campaign in Afghanistan is "winnable", Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell says.
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LONDON -- The leaders of Britain and Pakistan pledged their commitment yesterday to defeating insurgents in Afghanistan, brushing aside a leaked British military document that said Islamabad's security forces are indirectly supporting terrorist groups.
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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in   Afghanistan is far tougher than expected when alliance troops   were initially deployed to aid reconstruction, British Defense   Minister Des Browne will say on Tuesday.
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NATO countries are not giving the international force securing Afghanistan enough support and there are worrying signs that the Taliban are growing stronger, a detailed study by Britain's parliament has found.
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Britain's Defense Secretary Des Browne on Monday announced the deployment of 1,400 extra troops to Afghanistan to tackle a threatened Taliban spring offensive, days after Tony Blair announced a major withdrawal from Iraq.
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NATO countries are not giving the  international force securing Afghanistan enough support and  there are worrying signs that the Taliban are growing stronger,  a detailed study by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.