The Afghan government took official control of the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah Thursday, installing an administrator and raising the national flag while US-led troops worked to root out final pockets of militants.
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Marines and Afghan units converged Sunday on a dangerous western quarter of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, with NATO forces facing «determined resistance» as their assault on the southern town entered its second week.
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US Marines pummeled insurgents with mortars, sniper fire and missiles as fighting intensified Thursday in two areas of the Taliban southern stronghold of Marjah, where US and Afghan forces are facing stubborn resistance in an operation now in its (...)
Sniper teams attacked US Marines and Afghan troops across the Taliban haven of Marjah, as several gun battles erupted Monday on the third day of a major offensive to seize the extremists' southern heartland.
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Twelve Afghans died Sunday when two rockets fired at insurgents missed their target and struck a house during the second day of NATO's most ambitious effort yet to break the militants' grip on the country's dangerous south.
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U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers stormed the Taliban-held town of Marjah on Saturday, as a major offensive began to break the extremists' grip over a wide area of their southern heartland and re-establish government control.
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