Afghans, Nato Push Back Insurgents ; 4 Towns Recaptured From Taliban Forces

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KABUL, Afghanistan Explosions echoed through vineyards and pomegranate groves Wednesday as Afghan and NATO forces backed by helicopter gunships recaptured at least four villages in southern Afghanistan that had been seized by the Taliban, Afghan authorities said.

At least three dozen insurgents, including a commander, and two Afghan soldiers were killed in fighting in the Arghandab district northwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said. By day's end, the insurgents were still in control of about half a dozen villages, the provincial government reported.

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Afghans, Nato Push Back Insurgents ; 4 Towns Recaptured From Taliban Forces

Elsewhere in Afghanistan's volatile south, four British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Helmand...

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