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military offensive stories: 5 news summaries

Oct. Deadliest Afghan Month as 8 US Troops Die

'Complex' bombings in south also take 1 Afghan life

Oct 27, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(AP) - Eight American troops have been killed today in multiple bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month for American troops there since the war began in 2001. The 8 deaths occurred in "multiple, complex" bomb attacks in the south, according to the US military. More »

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Taliban • US military • US troops • bombing • Afghanistan war • war dead • military offensive

 US Drones Back Up 
 Pakistani Offensive 

Predators offer intel on militant positions in South Waziristan

Oct 23, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military is supporting the Pakistani offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan with intelligence and imaging collected by unmanned Predator drones. The support is separate from the CIA program using the drones inside Pakistan to kill terrorist leaders. “We are coordinating with the Pakistanis,” a military... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • intelligence • US military • surveillance • UAVs • drones • Predator • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • military offensive

Taliban Widens Afghan Attacks From Pakistan Base

Forces controlled from Pakistan respond nimbly

Sep 24, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Afghan Taliban leadership operating out of Pakistan has surprised the US military by countering its offensive in southern Afghanistan with a shrewd expansion into the north and west of the country. “They’ve outmaneuvered us time and time again,” an intelligence official tells the New York ... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Quetta • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war • military offensive • Stanley McChrystal

 Ground Troops Reach 
 Taliban HQ: Pakistan  

Refugee crisis mounts as fighting ramps up

May 12, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani soldiers descended on a Taliban stronghold in Swat Valley today to “search and destroy,” a military spokesman tells Reuters. Ground troops were also moving toward the remote northwest region as the military ramps up its offensive against insurgents there. Officials say 751 of the vastly outnumbered militants... More »

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United Nations • Taliban • Pakistan • refugee • Pakistan military • Swat Valley • military offensive

(Newser) - Thousands more civilians flooded out of the final battlefield in Sri Lanka’s civil war today, bringing the total number of displaced to more than 80,000, Reuters reports. The UN said that number could be as high as 110,000, though only 7,500 had reached refugee camps clear... More »

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United Nations • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • refugee • civilians • military offensive • stronghold

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