US-Led Forces Focus on South, East for Afghan Election
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U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan are  stepping up efforts to improve security before next month's  election, focusing on the south and southeast where militants  have been most active, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
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11 December 2004 -- The US military has begun a new operation in Afghanistan to hunt down Taliban militants in their winter hideouts.
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More than 100,000 Afghan and foreign security forces were on high alert Friday, the day before the country&#39;s first direct presidential election after more than two decades of war.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO yesterday took command of US troops fighting insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, putting the Western alliance in charge of security amid an increase in fighting.
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The 18,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaida militants through the country's harsh winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said Saturday.
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ANDAR, Afghanistan, Sept. 17 Â American and Afghan forces moved into this district on Sunday, one of the areas most troubled by insurgents in recent months, as part of a broader operation to reassert control in the strategically important province of Ghazni. But while they encountered little insurgent activity, they did face anger and frustration from the local population.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 6 -- NATO and Afghan forces on Tuesday launched what commanders described as a major operation in a key province of southern Afghanistan, part of a bid to win back territory that has become a haven for insurgents.
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U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan have peaked this year at about 26,000, as officials tried to push NATO countries to take on more security responsibility, while keeping enough U.S. forces there to counter the stubborn insurgency.
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More than 100,000 Afghan and foreign security forces were on high alert Friday, the day before the country's first direct presidential election after more than two decades of war.
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NATO has assumed command of foreign forces in eastern Afghanistan, taking over from a US-led coalition that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago and completing its expansion across the country.
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The US-led militarycoalition in Afghanistan has beguna big offensive against militants loyal to the ousted Taliban regime in an attempt to quash any attempt to disrupt parliamentary elections next spring.
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The US military announced Tuesday it was sending 3,200 additional troops to Afghanistan to help counter an expected offensive by the Taliban militia and help train Afghan national soldiers.
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Countries with troops in southern Afghanistan will discuss on Friday how to tackle rising violence by Taliban insurgents and mounting U.S. calls for bigger contributions to NATO's Afghan mission.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia, Sept. 28 -- NATO agreed Thursday to take command of military operations across all of insurgency-hit Afghanistan next month after the United States pledged to transfer 12,000 American troops in the country to the NATO force.
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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 -- Al-Qaida is present along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan and is encouraging Afghan insurgents to disrupt upcoming presidential elections, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, Lt.
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NATO has assumed control of international forces across Afghanistan, taking charge of the east of the country from the US-led coalition that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago.