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 ...

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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, ...

* 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 ...

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 — American-led coalition forces killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the latest in a series of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The latest Musa Qala battle began Saturday when Taliban insurgents attacked a combined U.S. coalition and Afghan patrol with rockets and gunfire, prompting the combined force to call in attack ...

Hundreds of Taliban militants overran a southern Afghan town that British troops left in October after reaching a contentious peace agreement, destroying the government center and temporarily holding ...