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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As Afghanistan prepares to swear in its first popularly elected president, Afghan and US forces are launching a winter operation to contain anti-government insurgents threatening the new government.
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About 1,100 troops from the elite 82nd Airborne Division are being deployed to Afghanistan to beef up security for the October 13 presidential elections, a US defense official said.
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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.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Thousands of American and Afghan troops unleashed a new offensive against Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan yesterday in an effort to expand the government's reach into the volatile Pakistani border region.
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The United States has begun flying  up to 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to  Afghanistan to provide increased security for that country's  Oct. 9 presidential election, the military said on Wednesday.
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The Taliban promised a spring offensive of thousands of suicide bombers as the United States, doubling its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force in the country on Sunday.
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The U.S.-led coalition on Saturday acknowledged it is conducting a large-scale military operation against the resurgent Taliban in eastern Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 27 -- U.S. troops on Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan have seen a threefold increase in attacks since a truce between Pakistan and pro-Taliban tribesmen, said a U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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Â· Attacks follow ambush on US-Afghan convoy  Â· Taliban accused of using families as shields.
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Coalition and national troops battled militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the eve of a sweeping anti-Taliban offensive by U.S.-led forces &amp;#151; their biggest since the Islamic extremist government&#039;s 2001 ouster.
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The new Afghan army is winning the  support of the population and is capable of tackling a  lingering insurgency by remnants of the ousted Taliban regime,  the U.S. general in charge of its training said Monday.
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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 in the coming weeks.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban threatened a spring offensive of thousands of suicide bombers as the United States, doubling its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force yesterday.
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Hundreds of U.S. soldiers have established their northernmost base in Afghanistan, pushing further up the border with Pakistan to block militants crossing jagged mountains, train fledgling local forces and build support among wary tribesmen.
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi soldiers started a major operation yesterday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to take control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to