Taliban growing stronger in Afghanistan: UK report
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The British-led NATO force in Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing stronger, a report by Britain's parliament has found.
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LONDON, November 20 (Online): Afghanistan is a &quot;narco-economy&quot; and as such a likely breeding ground for terrorists, Britain said yesterday, after the United Nations reported a 64 per cent increase in opium cultivation.
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NATO's estimate of Taliban killed this month has created skepticism and worry in Afghanistan, with local officials saying that either the militant force has grown bigger than imagined &#151; or too many innocent Afghans are being killed.
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Despite the loss of a NATO Chinook helicopter this week with seven servicemen aboard, a British-led thrust to drive the Taliban from strongholds in Helmand province is yielding success, Western military officials said on Friday.
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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in   Afghanistan is far tougher than was expected when alliance   troops were initially deployed, British Defense Minister Des   Browne said on Tuesday.
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A Taliban militant warns that his movement is more sophisticated - and more brutal - than before.
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The rise of Taliban resistance in southern Afghanistan reflects the weakness of the government more than a strengthening of the fundamentalist movement that once sheltered Osama bin Laden, the top U.S. commander here said Tuesday.
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The growing numbers of foreign fighters in Afghanistan are more violent, uncontrollable and extreme than even their locally bred allies in the Taliban.
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The British-led NATO force in  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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NATO countries are sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan to help battle a surprisingly violent Taliban resurgence in the south -- the alliance's first test in ground combat for "a long, long time," NATO's top commander said yesterday.
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Britain plans to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, bolstering the 5,000 it already has there, British lawmakers said Friday.
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More than 165 Taliban fighters have been killed in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, following fierce fighting between militants and coalition forces, Nato said.
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Britain is expected to announce the  deployment of more than 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to  help combat an anticipated offensive by Taliban insurgents in  coming months, the Guardian newspaper reported on Friday.
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British troops in southern Afghanistan have clashed with Taliban fighters for the first time since deploying to the restive region earlier this year, a newspaper reported.
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LONDON -- Britain said yesterday it will increase its troop strength in southern Afghanistan to bolster NATO forces battling Taliban militants, days after Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was pulling some British troops out of Iraq.
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US documents claim the Britons freed from Guantanamo Bay had military training in Afghanistan.
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Reuters London Oct 29: UN figures on Afghanistan will show a big rise in drug cultivation and production in the past year, the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Jack Straw has said, as he chided international donors for not meeting their pledges.