Topic: 12th Infantry Regiment
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Afghan Taliban hone hit-and-run tactics, assassination campaign
The Afghan Taliban is waging an assassination campaign against government officials in Kandahar. Their hit-and-run fight marks bid to draw NATO forces into a war of attrition.
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US troops push into Afghanistan's 'heart of darkness'
Zhari district, west of Kandahar, is where Taliban chief Mullah Omar used to preach.
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To fight deadliest Taliban threat in Afghanistan, US troops go low-tech
To thwart militants in Afghanistan from planting roadside bombs, or IEDs, US soldiers are pleading with locals to alert them to threats. Air surveillance can be too imprecise and approval for airstrikes too slow in coming.
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In Afghanistan, US troops do battle with flaky contractors
US forces in Afghanistan had begun to look like ATM machines as massive, poorly managed development projects bled money. Soldiers now oversee smaller ventures, even if it means personally counting pipes and demanding toilet flushers.
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