The spectacle of fierce fighting around a dusty Afghan town, with well-armed Western troops, backed by helicopters and Afghan allies, bearing down on hundreds of dug-in Taliban fighters, would seem to ...
THOUSANDS of NATO and Afghan troops were last night engaged in “fierce fighting” to take the last remaining major town controlled by the Taleban in Afghanistan. The three-pronged attack on Musa Qala, ...
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said the insurgents made a strategic decision to flee Musa Qala to avoid further destruction to the town. “Because of the massive bombings this morning, the ...
* Switch reflects new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan * More changes could follow in "rebalancing" of forces By Adrian Croft LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers will take over security from ...
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A British soldier at a guard station in Helmand's provincial capital, Lashkar Gah (file photo) (AFP) February 7, 2007 -- A spokesman for NATO's mission in Afghanistan says the alliance expects the ...
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan -- Chinook helicopters dropped Capt. Don Canterna's company of soldiers on the dusty outskirts of Musa Qala as evening fell. Loaded down with weapons, food and water, his men ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Hundreds of Taliban militants overran a southern Afghan town that British troops left after a contentious peace agreement in October, destroying the government center and ...
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S.-led coalition soldiers and Afghan forces killed nearly three dozen militants in the second day of major fighting near a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan's ...
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