British forces face 'extraordinarily intense' fighting in Afghanistan
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British forces in Afghanistan are attacked up to a dozen times a day and are involved in &quot;extraordinarily intense&quot; fighting in the country, the senior British commander there said.
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September is already the deadliest month sustained by the British military since March 2003 as troops tackle insurgents in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
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British forces carry out an operation against the Taleban in Garmsir, southern Afghanistan.
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Fierce fighting rages between Pakistani troops and pro-Taleban militants near the Afghan border.
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A British soldier is killed and four others are injured in operations in Afghanistan overnight.
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An insurgent attack killed one British soldier and seriously wounded another Friday in the latest fighting to wrack southern Afghanistan, while suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed and shot dead a district chief, officials said.
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Three British soldiers died and eight others were seriously injured as the result of separate incidents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said.
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BRITISH troops joined their US and Iraqi counterparts in a massive new offensive against insurgent strongholds yesterday as efforts intensified to restore government control in time for January 30 elections.
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Two British soldiers serving with Nato have been killed fighting the Taleban in southern Afghanistan.
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Nato chiefs discuss sending more troops to Afghanistan,  where a British general says fighting is worse than in Iraq.
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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in   Afghanistan is far tougher than was expected when alliance   troops were initially deployed, British Defense Minister Des   Browne said on Tuesday.
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Two British soldiers who died fighting the Taleban in southern Afghanistan are named.
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Taliban and NATO troops fought battles in southern Afghanistan on Thursday as the alliance pressed ahead with its biggest offensive to quash the insurgents.
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Britain will soon announce it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, British media reported Friday, days after the country said it plans to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq in coming months.
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Britain will soon announce that it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday.
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The British-led NATO force in  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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Britain is to send an additional 800 troops to southern Afghanistan, where they are bracing for a spring offensive by Taliban insurgents, Defence Secretary Des Browne has said.