by Ben Sheppard
GARMSIR, Afghanistan (AFP) – US Marines are in a "hell of a fight" as they storm into Taliban strongholds in a major assault in Afghanistan, their commanding officer said on Friday.
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) – The Marine Corps says one Marine has been killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan during a major offensive against the Taliban.
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By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer
NAWA, Afghanistan – Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.
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KABUL (AFP) – A bomb blast in Afghanistan on Wednesday killed two soldiers in the NATO-led force deployed here to counter a Taliban insurgency, the military said.
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By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and at least four other security officers during a gunbattle outside a government office Monday.
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by Ben Sheppard
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (AFP) – Ahmed says he is a bridge between his Afghan homeland and the US, where he lived for years before returning with one of the few jobs he could find -- interpreter for the US military.
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KABUL (AFP) – Two bomb blasts on Friday killed four Afghan civilians, one of whom worked for the US military as an interpreter, in the latest attacks in an insurgency led by Taliban militants, authorities said.
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By ALESSANDRA RIZZO, Associated Press Writer
TRIESTE, Italy – Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight countries meeting in Italy lamented corruption and the lack of basic services such as health and water in Afghanistan, saying Friday that better cooperation among countries in the region was needed to promote stability.
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By Andrew Gray
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, boosted by a big influx of U.S. troops, will step up operations in Helmand province and the city of Kandahar soon, the top regional commander said on Thursday.
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By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal said that U.S. and other NATO troops must make a "cultural shift" away from being a force designed for high intensity combat and instead make protecting Afghan civilians their first priority.
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By JASON STRAZIUSO and EVAN VUCCI, Associated Press Writers
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan – The urgent call came in: Roadside bombs had ripped through two Humvees and wounded eight or nine U.S. soldiers.
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BBC News - British soldiers have launched a major airborne assault on a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
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By Ian Pannell, BBC News
Allegations of abuse and neglect at a US detention facility in Afghanistan have been uncovered by the BBC. Former detainees have alleged they were beaten, deprived of sleep and threatened with dogs at the Bagram military base.
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AP - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed 23 suspected Taliban fighters in a clash in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan army general said Wednesday.
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KABUL (AFP) – Afghan soldiers have killed 48 militants in two operations in southern Afghanistan aimed at clearing Taliban strongholds ahead of presidential elections in August, officials and the army said Wednesday.
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