NATO hails Afghan offensive as success
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NATO said Sunday that its two-week offensive in south Afghanistan was a "significant success" that had driven Taliban insurgents from their positions and opened the way for development. But violence was unabated, with suicide bombers killing two civilians and wounding six soldiers.
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NATO launched its largest offensive since 2001 in an effort to preempt a Taliban attack.
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The United States, which has just doubled its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force in the country on Sunday amid warnings of a bloody spring offensive by the Taliban.
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Afghan forces backed by 9,000 NATO troops are poised to provide security as national elections approach, but a spectacular offensive by anti-government rebels cannot be ruled out, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said Friday.
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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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NATO has assumed control of international forces across Afghanistan, taking charge of the east of the country from the US-led coalition that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept. 9 -- NATO and Afghan soldiers killed at least 40 suspected Taliban fighters in fierce raids that destroyed insurgent hideouts and a weapons factory, the European military alliance said Saturday. One NATO soldier also died.
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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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Nato says it needs to do better in its operations in Afghanistan, after a rebuke by President Hamid Karzai.
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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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Counting in Afghanistan's presidential election concluded Tuesday, with U.S.-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner, a senior official said.
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A major NATO offensive killed more than   200 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan and four NATO   soldiers died in Sunday's fighting, the organization said.
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NATO leaders have made &quot;significant progress&quot; towards bolstering their troubled forces in Afghanistan, although shortfalls still remain, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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NATO said it was winning the battle to set Afghanistan on the road to peace and democracy and pledged more troops, with a more flexible mandate, to confront the increasingly powerful Taliban-led insurgency.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan is &quot;absolutely critical&quot; for world security, as the military alliance expanded its role there.
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NATO troops assumed command Monday of military operations in volatile southern Afghanistan from the U.S.-led coalition, marking the first time the alliance has conducted land combat operations.
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British forces claimed success on Monday  in what they described as NATO's biggest operation yet in the  southern part of the restive Afghan province of Helmand.