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NATO launches major Afghanistan offensive

MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led NATO troops launched a major offensive on Saturday against the Taliban's last big stronghold in Afghanistan's most violent province, a test of President Barack Obama's troop surge strategy.

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