NATO launches major Afghanistan offensive U.S.-led NATO troops launched a major offensive on Saturday against the Taliban’s last big stronghold in Afghanistan’s most violent province, a test of President Barack Obama’s troop surge strategy. The assault, the first since the U.S. president ordered an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in December, is the start of [...]
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