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KABUL — Insurgents have stepped up attacks in parts of Afghanistan scheduled to be handed over to Afghan military control next month and have put a new emphasis on a campaign of assassinations aimed at important officials across the country, Afghan officials say.
Afghan officials say the combined campaigns are intended to undermine the first stage of a transition to full Afghan responsibility for security, which is scheduled to begin within weeks in seven of the country’s safest provinces and cities. The Afghans and NATO officials insisted that the transition would not be delayed.
