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Taliban take over Afghan villages -
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - U.S. and NATO troops aided Afghan forces with reconnaissance in a hunt yesterday for 870 inmates who escaped prison after a sophisticated Taliban assault that even NATO conceded was a success for the militants. (article 12) Afghanistan's army chief , Gen. Bismillah Khan, is in Kandahar preparing his men for a potentially major battle with the Taliban. (article 8) Afghan military reinforcements arrived in Kandahar on Monday and have already deployed in Kandahar Province, said a NATO spokesman, Mark Laity. (article 6) WASHINGTON - Britain and France are sending roughly 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, officials said today, as Taliban forces seized several villages near the huge NATO military base in southern Afghanistan. (article 11) British Prime Minster Gordon Brown, speaking in London at a joint news conference with President Bush, said that up to 300 troops are being sent to Afghanistan, bringing the total British force there to over 8,000. (article 11) British troop numbers in Afghanistan will increase by 230 to a new high of more than 8,000 by next spring, Defence Secretary Des Browne has told MPs. (article 10) British forces have spent the past two years fighting hard against the Taleban in Helmand province, and despite the casualties, commanders remain upbeat about the military progress being made there. (article 9)

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