UK forces claim success in major Afghan operation
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British forces claimed success on Monday  in what they described as NATO's biggest operation yet in the  southern part of the restive Afghan province of Helmand.
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LONDON -- Britain said yesterday it will increase its troop strength in southern Afghanistan to bolster NATO forces battling Taliban militants, days after Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was pulling some British troops out of Iraq.
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Hundreds of NATO and Afghan troops Sunday pushed on with a major anti-Taliban operation in which 14 British soldiers were killed in a plane crash while carrying out surveillance.
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The British military in Afghanistan announced it had cleared a Taliban base consisting of 25 compounds near a major hydro-electric dam project in the volatile south of the country.
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The defence secretary is due to confirm the deployment of an extra 1,000 UK troops to Afghanistan.
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British forces in Afghanistan will be provided with whatever resources they need, the prime minister says.
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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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The operation to hand over security in Basra to Iraqi forces has been completed successfully, Tony Blair says.
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Nato-led troops in southern Afghanistan say they have killed 10 militants as the alliance claims a big victory.
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Thousands of Afghan and foreign security forces kicked off a major new offensive against the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan as a NATO-led operation wound down in the south.
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British forces in Afghanistan are due to hand control of Nato's International Security Assistance Force to the US.
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Nato and Afghan forces launch their largest combined offensive so far against Taleban militants in southern Helmand province.
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British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan 'should draw inspiration from victory in Falklands'.
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Afghan and NATO-forces killed and wounded more than 50 Taliban insurgents in a large operation in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Monday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged to give British troops in Afghanistan whatever equipment they need in their "very, very tough" fight against the Taliban.
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NATO forces have recaptured territory in southern Afghanistan from Taliban insurgents during an 11-day operation that has killed at least 510 suspected militants, the alliance said Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair flew home from a NATO summit pleased with better-than-expected pledges of support for his country's troops on the frontline in southern Afghanistan.