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Afghan peace push backed by surge in air strikes, operations

The death last week of the Taliban's senior leader in southern Afghanistan in a U.S. air strike highlights a surge in operations amid pressure to coax the increasingly confident insurgents to accept talks to end the 17-year war. [Source]

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Origin: reuters.com

Category: worldNews

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Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/Hg9CHMSuQrk/afghan-peace-push-backed-by-surge-in-air-strikes-operations-idUSKBN1O5071

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