Dozens Die In NATO's Offensive in Afghanistan
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 18 -- Dozens of people have died in intense fighting in recent days as NATO-led forces have opened a new front in Afghanistan's volatile south, Afghan and international security officials said Monday.
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Seven NATO troops died when their Chinook helicopter crashed on Wednesday in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, NATO officials said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, July 7 â Amid a continuing flurry of reports about civilian casualties in Afghanistan, the leader of a tribal council in Farah Province on Saturday said that 108 noncombatants were killed on Friday in a NATO airstrike.
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NATO forces have killed 55 Taliban fighters in two separate battles in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement on Sunday.
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Three Canadian soldiers serving with NATO   forces have been killed during a major offensive that wiped out   scores of Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan   Defense Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
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NATO and U.S. airstrikes have killed scores of Afghan civilians this week, residents and officials said on Saturday, deaths likely to deepen discontent with foreign forces and the Western-backed Afghan government.
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More than 50 insurgents and two police are reported killed in battles in north-west and southern Afghanistan.
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NATO forces cornering Taliban guerrillas   killed 50-60 fighters in artillery and air strikes and ground   battles on Tuesday in a major offensive to crush a revitalized   Taliban in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said.
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NATO and Afghan troops have killed scores   more Taliban guerrillas as part of the alliance's biggest   offensive against the resurgent militants in Afghanistan, the   alliance said on Monday.
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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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About 80 Taleban are killed in a battle with US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, officials say.
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A second NATO soldier was killed Thursday as Taliban strongholds came under attack in the alliance's biggest joint operation with Afghan forces.
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Afghan and US-led troops killed more than 60 Taliban rebels in two days of fierce fighting, while two NATO soldiers died in separate clashes, officials said Monday.
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More than 100 people, including militants, civilians and police, have been killed in three days of fierce clashes between NATO and the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Monday.
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Dozens of Taliban insurgents have been   killed in the latest clashes in the Afghan south where foreign   and government forces have been engaged in fierce combat in   recent weeks.
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NATO forces cornering Taliban guerrillas   killed up to 60 fighters in artillery and air strikes and   ground battles on Tuesday in a major offensive to crush a   revitalised Taliban in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said.
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NATO forces in Afghanistan on Thursday said Taliban fire may have brought down its military helicopter in which the alliance says seven soldiers were killed, but the Taliban say 35.