NATO Deal With Elders Aims to End Taliban Push
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 2 -- British NATO troops have reached an agreement with Afghan elders aimed at ending Taliban attacks in a southern district where six British soldiers have been killed since August.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO nations failed to agree on calls by military commanders for 2,500 extra troops to help crush the growing Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, where at least 50 people were killed yesterday in widespread violence.
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More than six years since the Taliban were ousted from power in Afghanistan, the militant movement is being "contained," with some 70 percent of violence last year occurring in just 10 percent of the country, NATO said.
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NATO troops killed 70-80 Taliban in a fierce battle in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Monday.
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The Taliban has said that it is aiming to disrupt the inaugaration ceremony of Afghanistan&#39;s new president, Hamid Karzai, which will be attended by Dick Cheney, the American vice-president, Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary.
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NATO countries signaled at a summit in Latvia on Tuesday they could free up more troops to battle Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan by easing restrictions on their forces in emergencies, officials said.
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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - Taliban fighters are continuing to reinforce a key southern town against an expected NATO offensive more than a week after taking it over, ending a controversial four month truce.
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Hundreds of Taliban fighters may abandon  their insurgency in Afghanistan as a result of peace talks  under way between local commanders and President Hamid Karzai's  government, a provincial governor said on Saturday.
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NATO leaders reported progress on Tuesday in freeing up more troops to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, signaling that some nations had agreed to drop limits on their forces as an alliance summit opened in Latvia.
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NATO forces cornering Taliban guerrillas   killed up to 60 fighters in artillery and air strikes and   ground battles on Tuesday in a major offensive to crush a   revitalised Taliban in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said.
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NATO and US forces in Afghanistan must match Pakistan's commitment to preventing the cross-border infiltration of Taliban militants, a Pakistani provincial governor said.
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In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed Wednesday to come to each other's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit failed to muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban ...Comment
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Talks aimed at freeing two Chinese engineers taken hostage by al-Qaeda-linked militants in a lawless region near the Afghanistan border have broken down and tribal elders
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NATO remains committed to fighting Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the alliance's secretary-general said Thursday, although he acknowledged that recent fighting has slowed down reconstruction efforts.
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Suspected Taliban rebels killed two tribal elders who were encouraging participation in elections and shot to death an Afghan military commander in an ambush, officials said yesterday.
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As NATO troops exert pressure on Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, militants have regrouped in western provinces and ignited violence that has killed a dozen people in two days, officials said Thursday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Since winter, the Taliban had been promising a spring offensive. It didn't come. Instead, NATO and US forces have pounded the group's positions, and killed its senior leadership.