Coalition begins anti-Taliban operation
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Thousands of U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops on Saturday launched a large-scale anti-Taliban operation in five Afghan provinces, the coalition said.
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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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The 18,000 US troops in Afghanistan have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaida militants through the country&#39;s harsh winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said Saturday.
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Taliban militants ambushed U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces escorting supply trucks in southern Afghanistan, sparking a 10-hour battle the coalition said killed an estimated two dozen militants, though villagers said Monday seven civilians also died.
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In a new effort to end the growing Taliban insurgency, a council of Afghan political and tribal leaders hopes to hold talks with elements of the Islamic group aimed at including them in the government.
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Thousands of American and Afghan troops unleashed a new offensive against Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday in an effort to expand the government's reach into the volatile Pakistani border region.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-- Afghan security forces surrounded the location where Taliban fighters are suspected to be holding 23 South Korean hostages yesterday and were prepared to launch an operation if negotiations broke down, officials said.
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As Afghanistan prepares to swear in its first popularly elected president, Afghan and US forces are launching a winter operation to contain anti-government insurgents threatening the new government.
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ARGHINDAB RIVER VALLEY, Afghanistan  - British-led armored columns of NATO troops swept into southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, launching one of the biggest operations in months.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Thousands of American and Afghan troops unleashed a new offensive against Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan yesterday in an effort to expand the government's reach into the volatile Pakistani border region.
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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 began its spring offensive against the Taliban on Tuesday, launching its biggest offensive since the 2001 war targeting the rebels and drug lords.
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Coalition forces pressed forward with a major offensive in southern Afghanistan, killing an estimated 45 insurgents in attacks on two Taliban militant camps, military officials said Saturday.
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U.S.-led coalition and Afghan security forces aided by airstrikes killed about 25 suspected militants during raids on a Taliban command center in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said Sunday.
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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in  Afghanistan is far tougher than expected when alliance troops  were initially deployed to aid reconstruction, British Defense  Minister Des Browne will say on Tuesday.
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U.S.-led coalition forces detained four suspected al-Qaida operatives in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, while a major operation to crush Taliban fighters in the south moved to a close, officials said.
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NATO launched its largest offensive since 2001 in an effort to preempt a Taliban attack.