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NATO Still Short Of Troops For Afghan Boost
NATO countries have still not agreed how many extra troops they will send to Afghanistan to boost local forces in their fight against the resurgent Taliban, the alliance's chief admitted Thursday
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Afghan Forces Fighting Taliban Morning After Kandahar Airport Raid
Afghan security forces in the southern city of Kandahar on today were fighting Taliban insurgents who raided the city's sprawling airport late on Tuesday, officials said.
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NATO Ponders Future of Afghan Mission as Fatigue, Frustration Mount
NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants, according to officials in Brussels and Kabul.
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Afghan Special Forces in Firing Line as Fighting Spreads
As Afghan soldiers and police struggle to contain an escalating insurgency that has targeted several cities in recent weeks, the country's special forces are being tested as never before.
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Resurgent Taliban Threaten to Overrun Another Afghanistan City
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
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Suicide Blasts Hit Afghanistan as Taliban Wage Bloody Fighting Season
Suicide attackers today targeted foreign troops in Kabul and a police headquarters in restive southern Afghanistan, killing two people and wounding nearly 60, as the Taliban's bloody summer offensive showed no signs of letting up.
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Taliban Ambush Kills 11 Afghan Soldiers, Say Officials
At least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, officials said today, as security forces face their first fighting season without NATO combat support.
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NATO to Assess Afghan Fighting Season Before Deciding on Mission's Future
NATO will decide how quickly to scale back its mission to train Afghan security forces after judging how well they perform in this summer's "fighting season", the alliance's chief said on Thursday.
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15 Killed in Afghan Bombings, Including Attack on NATO Convoy
A Taliban suicide car bomb targeted a NATO convoy in eastern Afghanistan today, killing at least three civilians as security forces brace for a full-blown insurgent offensive in the spring fighting season.
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US Commander Lauds Progress as NATO Ends its Afghan War
The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan on Sunday hailed the achievements of 13 years of fighting against the Taliban, as NATO formally ended its war at a ceremony in Kabul.
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150 Taliban Militants Killed in 12-Day Fight: Afghan Official
At least 150 Taliban fighters have been killed by government forces during 12 days of fighting in the volatile east, near the border with Pakistan, the police chief of Kunar province said today.
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Taliban Fighters Mount Offensive Near Afghan-Pakistan Border
Taliban fighters killed at least five Afghan soldiers in a three-day offensive in a region near Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday, as fighting heats up on both sides of the border during the withdrawal of most foreign troops from Afghanistan.
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Afghan Security Deaths Up As They Lead Fight
The head of NATO says Afghan security forces are dying in record numbers because they are leading the fight against the Taliban insurgency.
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Taliban back Hamid Karzai in US pact dispute
Taliban insurgents fighting against the US-backed Afghan government expressed their support on Monday for President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security pact with Washington.
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Endgame Afghanistan: can security forces deliver post 2014?
Every year as the snow melts, groups like Taliban and its affiliates, the Haqqani network, as also the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) cross over from Pakistan as a fresh fighting season begins in Afghanistan. It is soldiers like Commander Kushal Sadat from Special Forces 222 who are called upon when terror strikes.
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NATO Still Short Of Troops For Afghan Boost
NATO countries have still not agreed how many extra troops they will send to Afghanistan to boost local forces in their fight against the resurgent Taliban, the alliance's chief admitted Thursday
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Afghan Forces Fighting Taliban Morning After Kandahar Airport Raid
Afghan security forces in the southern city of Kandahar on today were fighting Taliban insurgents who raided the city's sprawling airport late on Tuesday, officials said.
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NATO Ponders Future of Afghan Mission as Fatigue, Frustration Mount
NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants, according to officials in Brussels and Kabul.
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Afghan Special Forces in Firing Line as Fighting Spreads
As Afghan soldiers and police struggle to contain an escalating insurgency that has targeted several cities in recent weeks, the country's special forces are being tested as never before.
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Resurgent Taliban Threaten to Overrun Another Afghanistan City
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
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Suicide Blasts Hit Afghanistan as Taliban Wage Bloody Fighting Season
Suicide attackers today targeted foreign troops in Kabul and a police headquarters in restive southern Afghanistan, killing two people and wounding nearly 60, as the Taliban's bloody summer offensive showed no signs of letting up.
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Taliban Ambush Kills 11 Afghan Soldiers, Say Officials
At least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, officials said today, as security forces face their first fighting season without NATO combat support.
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NATO to Assess Afghan Fighting Season Before Deciding on Mission's Future
NATO will decide how quickly to scale back its mission to train Afghan security forces after judging how well they perform in this summer's "fighting season", the alliance's chief said on Thursday.
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15 Killed in Afghan Bombings, Including Attack on NATO Convoy
A Taliban suicide car bomb targeted a NATO convoy in eastern Afghanistan today, killing at least three civilians as security forces brace for a full-blown insurgent offensive in the spring fighting season.
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US Commander Lauds Progress as NATO Ends its Afghan War
The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan on Sunday hailed the achievements of 13 years of fighting against the Taliban, as NATO formally ended its war at a ceremony in Kabul.
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150 Taliban Militants Killed in 12-Day Fight: Afghan Official
At least 150 Taliban fighters have been killed by government forces during 12 days of fighting in the volatile east, near the border with Pakistan, the police chief of Kunar province said today.
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Taliban Fighters Mount Offensive Near Afghan-Pakistan Border
Taliban fighters killed at least five Afghan soldiers in a three-day offensive in a region near Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday, as fighting heats up on both sides of the border during the withdrawal of most foreign troops from Afghanistan.
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Afghan Security Deaths Up As They Lead Fight
The head of NATO says Afghan security forces are dying in record numbers because they are leading the fight against the Taliban insurgency.
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Taliban back Hamid Karzai in US pact dispute
Taliban insurgents fighting against the US-backed Afghan government expressed their support on Monday for President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security pact with Washington.
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Endgame Afghanistan: can security forces deliver post 2014?
Every year as the snow melts, groups like Taliban and its affiliates, the Haqqani network, as also the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) cross over from Pakistan as a fresh fighting season begins in Afghanistan. It is soldiers like Commander Kushal Sadat from Special Forces 222 who are called upon when terror strikes.
