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NYTKABUL, Afghanistan — Violence has flared in southern Afghanistan, disrupting a long period of relative quiet since the arrival of large numbers of American troops.
In the Sangin District of Helmand Province, United States Marines who took over from British troops are finding it hard going, with a heavier casualty rate in their first 90 days than the British suffered in more than three years there. Elsewhere in the province, a roadside bomb killed 15 civilians on Friday.
And in Kandahar City, the Taliban assassinated two officials on Wednesday and Thursday, according to Afghan officials.
Progress in Kandahar and Helmand Provinces had been cited recently by the NATO commander, Gen. David H. Petraeus, and was expected to figure in a White House review of the war due this week.
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