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Gates praises troops in southern Afghanistan (AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, second left, is welcomed upon arrival at Kandahar Air Base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.


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Afghanistan: 4 civilians die in suicide car bomb (AP)

Afghan and international security forces at the site of a suicide attack in southern city of Kandahar on February 13. A suicide car bomb attack targeting a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan killed at least four Afghan civilians on Monday, the Afghan interior ministry said.(AFP/File/Hamed Zalmy)AP – A suicide car bomber targeted NATO forces Monday outside the major southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing four civilians, the Interior Ministry said. It was not immediately known if there were any NATO casualties.


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NATO: 3 US service members die in Afghanistan (AP)

In this handout photo released by Ministry of Defence via PA, soldiers of the 1st Battalion the Royal Welsh in line make there way onto the helicopters on mass as they prepare for Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. British troops were today engaged in fierce fighting with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan as the military operation got under way. U.S.-led airstrikes began as dawn broke in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand Province where up to 1,000 insurgents are believed to be holed up. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defence via PA, SSGt Will Craig)AP – NATO says three U.S. service members have been killed in southern Afghanistan, but the international coalition says they did not die in connection with a major offensive under way in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand province.


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US Army tightens noose in southern Afghanistan (AP)

U.S. Army Pfc. Colin Wells from Los Angeles, Calif., of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, takes finger prints of an Afghan driver at a checkpoint, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP – U.S. Army soldiers have launched a major operation in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.


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International allies mull exit from Afghanistan (AP)

US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke seen here in Washington, DC in January. Holbrooke said Monday that world powers meeting in London this week will back plans for a truce with local Taliban commanders in Afghanistan, provided the fighters renounce Al-Qaeda.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AP – Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence.


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International talks mull exit from Afghanistan (AP)

US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke seen here in Washington, DC in January. Holbrooke said Monday that world powers meeting in London this week will back plans for a truce with local Taliban commanders in Afghanistan, provided the fighters renounce Al-Qaeda.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AP – Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence.


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2 US troops, 4 Afghan troops killed in Afghanistan (AP)

People rest in a hospital after being injured in a suicide bombing near Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Three members of the national police force and three civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber in a truck detonated his explosives near a police office in the Daman district of Kandahar province, according to the Ministry of Interior.(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP – Two U.S. service members died and four Afghan soldiers were killed in separate explosions Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, an area of the nation rife with violence, officials said.


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