'Dozens of Taleban' die in battle
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International troops kill 70 Taleban during a four-hour battle in southern Afghanistan, Nato says.
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At least 50 Islamic militants, most of them foreigners, were killed by Pakistani forces on Thursday in the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border, a military spokesman said.
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Around 250 Islamic militants and 60 troops have been killed in just over a month of fighting in Pakistan&#39;s tribal belt, the army said Friday, following intense US pressure to pacify the area.
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Nato-led forces in Afghanistan say they have killed more Taleban, as generals discuss boosting forces there.
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Fighting between rival factions in western Afghanistan killed three militiamen and injured another seven, officials said Tuesday, despite the presence of government and U.S. troops.
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A British soldier dies after his patrol is ambushed by the Taleban in Afghanistan, defence officials say.
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A Taleban leader and former Guantanamo Bay detainee blows himself up in a clash, Pakistan police say.
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US-led forces and Afghan troops  kill an estimated two dozen Taleban fighters near Kandahar, a coalition statement says.
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Coalition forces in Afghanistan say at least 120 Taleban fighters have been killed in separate clashes in the south.
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Taleban militants in Afghanistan kill six police in an attack on their convoy in the south-east Paktika province.
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More than 40 insurgents were killed Saturday as hundreds of coalition troops, many dropped by helicopter, wrested a desert town from the Taliban and U.S. forces battled militants across southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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Five members of the family of an Afghan police commander are killed in a Taleban raid, officials say.
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Two British soldiers are killed in a firefight with the Taleban in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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KABUL - A breakaway Taleban group claiming to hold three UN workers threatened Saturday to execute them unless foreign troops withdrew from Afghanistan and condemned its âinvasionâ by US-led forces.
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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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Two British soldiers serving with Nato have been killed fighting the Taleban in southern Afghanistan.
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More than 20 insurgents die in a major drive against the Taleban in south Afghanistan, Nato-led forces say.