U.S. troops in new Afghan offensive
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About 7,000 U.S. and Afghan government   forces launched an offensive against the Taliban in central and   eastern Afghan provinces on Saturday, as a blast near Kabul   killed three Afghan aid workers.
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U.S.-led troops mounted overnight raids on suspected al-Qaida compounds in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people and detaining several others, officials said Sunday. The U.S. military said "several Arab fighters" were among the suspects killed or detained in the operation in Nangarhar province, although a local official said only Afghans survived.
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U.S. soldiers descended on a mountain ridge Sunday, quickly setting up fortified posts and mortar positions overlooking a key Taliban transport route as the coalition pressed a major offensive that has killed dozens of suspected militants.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the next few weeks would be pivotal in battling the insurgency.
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US troops were drawn into a new offensive in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday to tackle a tide of insurgency unchecked by the military assault on Falluja.
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Some of the deadliest insurgent attacks in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led offensive began on Oct. 7, 2001:
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The US-led militarycoalition in Afghanistan has beguna big offensive against militants loyal to the ousted Taliban regime in an attempt to quash any attempt to disrupt parliamentary elections next spring.
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Britain has decided to send a fresh wave of troops to Afghanistan before an expected spring offensive by the Taliban, which reacted by threatening to step up suicide bomb attacks on NATO forces.
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Afghan security forces may not be able to hold ground captured by NATO forces in Afghanistan if Taliban insurgents regroup and launch a new offensive over the winter, the top US commander warned Friday.
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Signs of a new spring offensive by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have begun to emerge, but NATO commanders are still short more than 1,000 combat troops, despite repeated requests to allied nations, the top commander said Friday.
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SEVILLA, Spain -- The new American commander of NATO presented a new list of military requirements for Afghanistan yesterday that included a request for more combat troops for the country's restive southern provinces.
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The US-led coalition has launched a winter offensive against Taliban militias, US military spokesman said Saturday. The US-led coalition has launched a winter offensive against
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US troops have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaeda militants through the harsh Afghan winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said today.
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Thousands of Afghan and foreign security forces kicked off a major new offensive against the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan as a NATO-led operation wound down in the south.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Government troops intervened in Afghanistan's latest outbreak of deadly fighting among warlords, flying from the capital to the far west on US and NATO airplanes to retake an air base contested in the violence, officials said yesterday.
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The Black Hawk helicopter carrying a top U.S. general swooped down into the jagged mountains along the Pakistani frontier and into the heart of the U.S. military's latest offensive in Afghanistan.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 6 -- NATO and Afghan forces on Tuesday launched what commanders described as a major operation in a key province of southern Afghanistan, part of a bid to win back territory that has become a haven for insurgents.