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  • Taliban bombs 'slow Afghan push'

    02/15/2010 3:04:32 AM PST · by myknowledge · 4 replies · 208+ views
    BBC News ^ | February 15, 2010 | Frank Gardner
    Improvised bombs planted by Taliban fighters are slowing Nato's big offensive in Afghanistan, military officials say. The BBC's Frank Gardner, in Kandahar, says the homemade bombs have been planted in far greater numbers than Nato had anticipated. Operation Moshtarak - targeting Taliban strongholds in southern Helmand province - has entered its third day. Earlier, the Nato commander apologised after rockets killed 12 civilians.