Kandahar battle looms for coalition
Updated on 19 April 2010
The Taliban says it is moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as Nato and Afghan forces prepare for a summer showdown with militants.
Nato and Afghan forces are stepping up operations to push Taliban fighters out of the city, which was the Islamist movement's headquarters during the years it ruled most of Afghanistan.
The goal is to bolster the capability of the local government so that it can keep the Taliban from coming back.
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