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| Afghanistan |
| The Taliban Strike Back in Kandahar |
| 2014-07-29 |
| KABUL, Afghanistan — A sudden Taliban offensive in the southern province of Kandahar in recent days has led to some of the heaviest protracted fighting there in years, officials said on Sunday. The militants overran a district center on the border with Pakistan, battled government forces near the provincial capital and staged a suicide-bomber attack on a home of the province’s powerful security chief. |
| Posted by:lord garth |