Taliban launches new Afghan operation
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The Taliban has launched a new operation targeting government and foreign forces in Afghanistan, a spokesman said Sunday, as two policemen died in an ambush in the volatile south.
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US troops have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaeda militants through the harsh Afghan winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said today.
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Despite threats from the Taliban to disrupt the upcoming elections in Afghanistan, campaigns for the first post-Taliban elections began today.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 22 -- Afghan security forces on Sunday surrounded the suspected location where Taliban fighters are holding 23 South Korean hostages and were prepared to launch an operation if negotiations broke down, Afghan officials said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 22 -- Afghan security forces on Sunday surrounded the location where Taliban fighters are suspected to be holding 23 South Korean hostages and were prepared to launch an operation if negotiations broke down, Afghan officials said.
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About 2,500 troops launched a new operation against Islamic rebels in one of Afghanistan&#39;s most volatile areas Wednesday as 25 people were reported killed in fresh Taliban-linked violence.
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Islamabad, Pakistan, March 6 -- NATO and Afghan forces launched what commanders described as a major operation in a key province of southern Afghanistan Tuesday morning, part of a bid to win back territory that has become a haven for insurgents.
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The Taliban vowed to intensify their attacks on American and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a day after a car bomb ripped through the offices of a US security company in Kabul, killing 10 people.
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Â· Attacks follow ambush on US-Afghan convoy  Â· Taliban accused of using families as shields.
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Thousands of Afghan and foreign security forces kicked off a major new offensive against the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan as a NATO-led operation wound down in the south.
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Taliban-led militants step up their attacks; 100 fighters raid a government compound
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ZHARI -- NATO forces said yesterday they had recaptured territory in southern Afghanistan from Taliban insurgents during an 11-day operation that has killed at least 510 suspected militants. Security forces also killed a dozen Taliban yesterday and detained nearly 40 in raids aimed at quelling an insurgency so relentless that it has prompted NATO commanders to call for more troops, ...
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NATO launched its biggest offensive in Afghanistan since the 2001 war on Tuesday, targetting the Taliban and drug lords as hundreds of people rallied in the east against U.S. soldiers killing civilians.
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Afghan and NATO-forces killed and wounded more than 50 Taliban insurgents in a large operation in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said on Monday.
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Afghan security forces backed by NATO warplanes killed at least 10 Taliban rebels in a fresh sweep in volatile southern Afghanistan, police said.
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NATO-led security forces have launched a major offensive against the Taliban and drug traffickers in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance's regional commander said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Afghan security forces backed by US helicopter gunships stormed a Taliban safe house, killing one man and capturing 15 others, in an attempt to curb attacks ahead of this weekâs presidential election, officials said on Sunday.