More than 40 Afghan insurgents killed
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Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops killed more than 40 suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a wave of strikes that have claimed the lives of hundreds of insurgents, the coalition said Thursday.
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One French and 16 Afghan soldiers were killed and about 40 other troops were wounded in two firefights in southern Afghanistan, coalition and Afghan officials said Sunday.
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Militants attacked a military base near the Afghan border Thursday, sparking a battle that drew in army helicopters and left about 50 insurgents and two soldiers dead, the army said.
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More than 20 insurgents die in a major drive against the Taleban in south Afghanistan, Nato-led forces say.
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Afghan and US-led forces killed 36 Taliban militants in several hours of fighting in southern Afghanistan Thursday, while an Afghan policeman also died, officials said.
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Two British soldiers and more than 30 Taliban guerrillas were killed in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, the British and U.S. military said, the latest clashes in a raging insurgency.
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Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed more than 60 Taliban in battles in restive southern Afghanistan, taking the guerrilla death toll to more than 200 in a fortnight, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
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Afghan police and foreign forces killed around 40 suspected Taliban fighters, many in the region where the insurgents recently released a group of South Korean church workers they had been holding, authorities said Saturday.
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At least 2,800 people have died in insurgency-related violence in Afghanistan in the first six months of the year, according to a count by The Associated Press. The following breakdown is based on AP figures unless otherwise stated.
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Afghan and US-led troops killed more than 60 Taliban rebels in two days of fierce fighting, while two NATO soldiers died in separate clashes, officials said Monday.
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NATO and Afghan forces killed dozens of   Taliban fighters in a major air and ground offensive in   southern Afghanistan, NATO said on Sunday, a day after 14   British military personnel were killed when their plane   crashed.
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Taliban militants killed around 30 people in an attack in southern Afghanistan, a member of parliament has told AFP.
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U.S. artillery and airstrikes killed between 50 and 60 suspected Taliban militants Tuesday, the fourth day of a NATO-led offensive in southern Afghanistan, an alliance spokesman said.
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Pakistan: Up to 40 suspected militants have been killed by Pakistani troops hunting Al-Qaeda fighters in a rugged region bordering Afghanistan this week, a senior military official said on Saturday.
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Security forces kill 40 militants and capture 30 in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, the military says.
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An estimated 70 to 80 Taliban militants were killed by NATO soldiers in fighting in southern Afghanistan after police told military authorities where insurgents had gathered, an official said Monday.
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A NATO soldier and at least 50 Taliban militants were killed when joint NATO and Afghan soldiers clashed with insurgents in southern Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, the alliance said Sunday.