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  • U.S. eyes spring offensive in Afghanistan

    01/29/2004 7:38:23 AM PST · by Reader of news · 10 replies · 135+ views
    CNN ^ | Barbara Starr
    <p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military is planning a spring offensive against remnants of the Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, a senior Defense Department official has said.</p> <p>Authorities have ordered troops, supplies and logistics into place to carry out the operation, the official said Wednesday, without detailing whether the new offensive would require more troops.</p>
  • Pentagon Plans Afghan Spring Offensive

    01/28/2004 10:34:49 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 1 replies · 101+ views
    Associated Press | January 28, 2004 | PAULINE JELINEK
    WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is planning a new offensive in the 2-year-old Afghanistan campaign to stop remnants of the Taliban regime and the al-Qaida terror network, officials said Wednesday, even as a second suicide assault on foreign troops in Kabul in as many days killed one British soldier and injured four. The attack on international peacekeepers in Kabul, the Afghan capital, drew new attention to a worsening security situation in a country where American and other Western troops have been stationed since the fall of the Taliban's leadership in early 2002. Rebels' use of roadside explosives and car bombs...