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Afghans Launch Assault on Taliban

Kandahar is next militant target

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 18, 2008 8:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – Afghan and NATO troops launched a huge offensive against the Taliban today, Reuters reports, starting with an air and ground assault on a valley in southern Afghanistan. Bolstered with hundreds of fighters freed in last week’s prison break, the Taliban has taken several villages... Read full story »

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