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September 6, 2008 2:59:10 AM CDT


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  • June 2008
    • Taliban Said Routed Near Kandahar

      Taliban Said Routed Near Kandahar

      (AP) - Yesterday's swift offensive by Afghan and NATO forces drove Taliban militants from a strategic group of villages outside southern Afghanistan's largest city and killed 56 insurgents, Afghan officials said today. The Afghan National Army has taken control of the villages, a defense ministry spokesman said, but militants had planted hundreds of land mines in the area before fleeing, the AP reports. More »

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      Afghanistan   Taliban   Middle East   insurgents   NATO   Arghandab

    • Afghans Launch Assault on Taliban

      Afghans Launch Assault on Taliban

      (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 in Arghandab, and has its sights on nearby Kandahar city—where NATO is bolstering security in response. More »

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      Afghanistan   Taliban   NATO   Afghanistan war   Kandahar   Arghandab

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