US troops in Afghanistan fire at Taliban in Pakistan
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Asserting a right to self defense, American forces in eastern Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote US outposts, the commander of US forces in the region said yesterday.
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Military says fighting came after convoy of Afghan and US troops was attacked in northern Kandahar.
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A US soldier was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan&#39;s eastern Paktia province this week on the same day two servicemen died in neighboring Paktika, the US military said on Wednesday.
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The United States, which has just doubled its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force in the country on Sunday amid warnings of a bloody spring offensive by the Taliban.
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Kabul, Afghanistan - A bomb ripped through a US patrol in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two American soldiers and wounding another, a reminder of the country&#39;s insecurity after a newly resolved hostage drama.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- US troops and helicopter gunships killed 22 militants, including three Arab fighters, in southern Afghanistan, the military said Monday -- the latest bloodshed ahead of historic Afghan elections.
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Â· Attacks follow ambush on US-Afghan convoy  Â· Taliban accused of using families as shields.
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U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Friday, killing seven of the militants, the U.S. military said.
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Pakistani troops attacked militants in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border with helicopters and artillery in Wednesday, killing up to 40 of them, a military spokesman said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - US-led forces used artillery and air strikes to kill more than 165 insurgents and repel massed assaults on coalition troops in two strongholds of Taliban militants and Afghanistan's rampant drug trade, officials said yesterday.
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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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The US military in Afghanistan said Saturday that a Taliban-linked militant leader wanted by Washington had been killed in neighbouring Pakistan.
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US forces backed by helicopter gunships killed 22 insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the US military said today. The fighting occurred late Sunday in Shinkay district of Zabul province, a hotbed
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Concerns grow over inadequate US military intelligence about Taliban and Al Qaeda militants in Pakistan
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AFGHANISTAN PANJWAYI -- Violence flared yesterday across southern Afghanistan, with seven suspected insurgents killed and a US-coalition soldier wounded in one clash, the US military said. Coalition warplanes, mortar fire, and small arms were used against suspected insurgents, killing seven, in the Kandahar district of Sperwan Ghar. In the Panjwayi, an insurgent rocket fell near Canadian troops, but there were ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan soldier opened fire inside a military base yesterday, killing four Afghans and wounding 12 others, including an American soldier, while a US-led coalition raid in the east killed a Taliban leader and two children, officials said.
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About 2,500 troops launched a new operation against Islamic rebels in one of Afghanistan&#39;s most volatile areas Wednesday as 25 people were reported killed in fresh Taliban-linked violence.