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U.S. forces, Taliban said in heavy Afghan clash KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 25 (Reuters) U.S. forces were involved in heavy fighting with Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan on Saturday but there was no immediate word on casualties, a provincial official said. Afghanistan has seen a surge in attacks by Taliban insurgents and their militant allies in recent months and the Taliban have vowed to launch a spring offensive against U.S. - led foreign forces and the Western-backed government. The clash erupted after U.S. troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation in the Sangin district of the southern province of Helmand, said an administrative official in the province. "It's very heavy," the official, who declined to be identified, said of the clash. Afghan forces had been sent to join the U.S. forces battling the insurgents, he said. U.S. and Afghan forces fought the biggest battle in months against Taliban fighters in the same district at the beginning of February. A U.S. military spokesman said he had no information about a clash while Taliban spokesmen could not be reached for comment. |
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