British forces face 'extraordinarily intense' fighting in Afghanistan
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British forces in Afghanistan are attacked up to a dozen times a day and are involved in &quot;extraordinarily intense&quot; fighting in the country, the senior British commander there said.
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Foreign fighters are starting to appear   among Taliban forces fighting British troops in southern   Afghanistan, a senior British official said on Wednesday.
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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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British troops in Afghanistan suffered their biggest loss of life in a single incident when an aeroplane flying a NATO mission crashed, killing 14 people.
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British forces carry out an operation against the Taleban in Garmsir, southern Afghanistan.
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Britain is to send an additional 800 troops to southern Afghanistan, where they are bracing for a spring offensive by Taliban insurgents, Defence Secretary Des Browne has said.
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A British-led multinational force launches an offensive against the Taleban in the southern Afghanistan.
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Britain's new army chief has warned that the country's military forces are stretched to the very limit, as three soldiers died in a grim day for Britons on the frontline in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A British plane crashed   in Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 14 military personnel in   Britain's worst single loss in the country, British and NATO   officials said.
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Two British soldiers were killed Tuesday and a third was presumed dead in fighting a day after a NATO-led security force took command of southern Afghanistan.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett Thursday visited the southern Afghan province of Helmand where thousands of British troops are deployed to fight the Taliban, a statement said.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battles by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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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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A British-led multinational force launches an offensive against the Taleban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.
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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan  - British-led forces launched a major operation in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, aiming to clear Taliban insurgents from a valley in Helmand -- the most violent province in the country.