U.S. TROOPS FAN OUT ACROSS AFGHANISTAN (NEW VIDEO)

Some 7,000 of the new U.S. troops ordered to Afghanistan are fanning out across the dangerous south on a mission to defeat the Taliban insurgency and to change the course of a war claiming American lives at a record pace.

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TALIBAN VIDEO OF ATTACK ON CIVILIANS IN PAKISTAN

CCTV footage has been released showing one of a series of Taliban attacks on police and intelligence agency buildings in the Pakistani city of Lahore, in which a total of 26 people died. The Taliban says the attack was in response to the ongoing military operation against their fighters in the North West. Al Jazeera's Roza Ibragimova reports on a brazen attack.

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RAW UNCENSORED VIDEO: MARINES BATTLE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN

Video shows a platoon of U.S. Marines in a fierce firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan. The fighting in Afghanistan has been more deadly as each day goes by.

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"SWIFT, SILENT, DEADLY"--1ST MARINE FORCE RECON CO IN AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO)

This is a video of the 1st Marine Force Recon Co on patrol in Afghanistan. Their motto is "Swift, Silent, Deadly."

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COMBATTING IEDS IN AFGHANISTAN--NY TIMES VIDEO EXCLUSIVE

For the first time since the conflict began in 2001, I.E.D.'s have become the leading killer of coalition troops in Afghanistan. As a result, there are now more than 15 special counter-I.E.D. teams. James Dao, New York Times reports.

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NEWS ALERT: TALIBAN REJECTS OBAMA'S OFFER

The Taliban have rejected an offer by President Obama to deal with moderates in the Taliban.
The Taliban have vowed to continue fighting the U.S. led forces in Afghanistan.

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NEWS ALERT: THOUSANDS OF U.S. MARINES MOVE INTO HELMAND PROVINCE AFGHANISTAN (NEW VIDEO)

U.S. Marines and their counterparts in the Afghan military moved into Helmand Province on Thursday in a major offensive aimed at stopping the surge of the Taliban. This video shows the troops engaging the Taliban in Helmand Province.

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BREAKING NEWS: BOMBING IN IRAQ CAFE KILLS 21 WOUNDS 30

BAGHDAD Two bombers wearing suicide vests blew themselves up in a popular cafe crowded with young people in northwestern Iraq on Thursday evening, killing 21 and wounding 30 others, according to local hospital officials.

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It is the third major bombing in a stretch of Iraq in and around the violent city of Mosul, where ethnic tensions, insurgent activity and political disputes have created a volatile mix that threatens the security gains made elsewhere in the country.

The attack was carried out in the city of Sinjar, which is populated primarily by Yazidis, Kurdish speaking followers of a pre-Islamic faith with its roots in Zoroastrianism that remains based in an area near the Syrian border.