Afghan clashes displace thousands
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Tens of thousands of people have fled recent fighting in southern Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency says.
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Fierce fighting between Pakistani troops and pro-Taleban militants leaves many dead near the Afghan border.
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In the thick of battle Taliban pushed women and children into the firing line; the soldiers had no choice but to cease fire, a corporal recalled of British troops&#039; biggest clash in Afghanistan.
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Clashes and bombings killed 34 Taliban fighters and one policeman in Afghanistan, while President Hamid Karzai told the U.N. Wednesday that terrorist sanctuaries elsewhere must be destroyed to eliminate the violence engulfing his country.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO nations failed to agree on calls by military commanders for 2,500 extra troops to help crush the growing Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, where at least 50 people were killed yesterday in widespread violence.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Protesters angered at President Hamid Karzai&#39;s removal of a warlord governor in western Afghanistan ransacked UN compounds and clashed with security forces Sunday.
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U.S.-led and Afghan troops battled suspected Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday in ground clashes and airstrikes that left over 100 militants dead, the coalition said.
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US-led and Afghan troops battled suspected Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan yesterday in ground clashes and air strikes that left more than 100 militants dead, the coalition said.
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The military closed down Afghanistan's main roads and cities in a huge security operation in anticipation of violence on the eve of elections.
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At least 11 people were killed in the southern Afghan province of Zabul when fighting erupted after federal troops began disarming police and militia, officials said on Tuesday.
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Witnesses said Sunday that clashes between coalition troops and Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan left at least 18 civilians dead. NATO officials, however, said no noncombatants were killed.
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A battle between police and Taliban left 20 suspected militants and two policemen dead in northwestern Afghanistan, while airstrikes and clashes left another 27 militants dead in the south, officials said Sunday.
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Fierce fighting broke out around Afghanistan on Friday, with battles in three separate regions killing more than 100 militants, part of a cycle of rapidly rising violence five years into the U.S.-led effort to defeat the Taliban.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Protesters angered at President Hamid Karzai's sacking of a warlord governor in the west of the country ransacked U.N. compounds and clashed with security forces Sunday, leaving as many as three people dead and dozens wounded, including several U.S...
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Two people have been killed in clashes between troops and stone-throwing protesters angered by President Hamid Karzai effectively axing a regional governor.
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Hundreds of supporters of a powerful warlord demonstrated in two towns in northern Afghanistan Tuesday, a day after nine people were killed in a similar protest, police said.
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Two British soldiers and more than 30 Taliban guerrillas were killed in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, the British and U.S. military said, the latest clashes in a raging insurgency.