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By Élise Blanchard
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By Tess Owen
Pulse

The US Just Bombed the Taliban to Stop It From Taking Afghanistan’s Largest Province

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By Avi Asher-Schapiro
Pulse

Britain Sends Troops to Helmand as the Taliban Closes In

12.22.15

By Reuters and VICE News

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