Another day, another battle in Afghanistan
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HOWZ-E-MADAD, Afghanistan  - The explosion of the shell against a mud wall in a field of grapevines sent the Canadian soldier crouched behind it flying backwards.
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More than 50 insurgents and two police are reported killed in battles in north-west and southern Afghanistan.
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In Afghanistan, at least seven people, including two US soldiers, have died in separate incidents. The attacks come as the vote count in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential election is under way.
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Insurgents in Afghanistan are fighting harder and there are more foreign extremists in the battlefield, the top international commander in the country told AFP.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two US soldiers have been killed in a gun battle in a troubled province in Afghanistan. The military says two other US troops were injured -- as were six Afghan soldiers -- in the fight with insurgents in the southeastern region.
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Artillery and gun battles broke out in Mogadishu for a second day running on Friday as a Somali government official said Islamist rebels had joined forces with thousands of foreign jihadists.
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The American military and Iraqi soldiers continued today to try to secure the heart of this city rife with insurgents.
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KABUL The Afghan government appealed for US help to end fierce fighting that was continuing in western Afghanistan for a fourth day. The fighting moved closer to the city of Herat on Tuesday, causing significant casualties and anxiety among residents, ...
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NATO defence ministers were set Friday for a second day of contentious talks on Afghanistan amid calls led by the United States and Britain for more frontline combat troops to fight resurgent Taliban forces.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A top Taliban commander said yesterday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO's largest-ever offensive in southern Afghanistan, now in its second day.
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Afghan and US-led troops killed more than 60 Taliban rebels in two days of fierce fighting, while two NATO soldiers died in separate clashes, officials said Monday.
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Violence marred the start of Afghanistan's New Year with a second US soldier killed in as many days and authorities hunting gunmen who tried to kidnap an elderly American aid worker in Kabul.
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NATO and Afghan troops have killed scores   more Taliban guerrillas as part of the alliance's biggest   offensive against the resurgent militants in Afghanistan, the   alliance said on Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A gun battle and air strikes killed two dozen Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, while more than 20 suspected militants drowned when Afghan forces sank their boat as they crossed a river trying to elude an attack, officials said yesterday.
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Fighting between rival factions in western Afghanistan killed three militiamen and injured another seven, officials said Tuesday, despite the presence of government and U.S. troops.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants ambushed US-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, sparking a 10-hour battle and airstrikes that killed an estimated two dozen militants, the coalition said yesterday. Villagers said seven civilians were among the dead.