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Marjah offensive

US winds down Afghan assault but bigger one on way


US-led forces were Saturday winding down one of their biggest offensives yet in Afghanistan, but an ...

Marjah offensive, Day 13: Afghan flag raised over the town


The Afghan flag was raised Thursday over a town at the centre of a US-led military assault to drive ...
Marjah offensive, Day 9: Marines corner Taliban holdouts

Marjah offensive, Day 9: Marines corner Taliban holdouts


Marines and Afghan units converged on a dangerous western quarter of the Taliban stronghold of Marja...

Marjah offensive: US Marines seize Taliban HQ, IDs, photos


After a fierce gunfight, US Marines seized a strongly defended compound on Friday that appears to ha...

Marjah offensive, Day 7: US Marines airdropped into Taliban areas


Elite Marine recon teams were dropped behind Taliban lines by helicopter on Friday as the US-led for...

Nowhere near victory in Afghanistan so far: US official


The NATO forces in Afghanistan have launched a determined operation against the Taliban, but are enc...

‘US-led forces need 25-30 days to secure Marjah’


The US-led forces will need about 25 to 30 days to secure the Marjah area of Afghanistan as they fac...
Marjah offensive, Day 6: Taliban using `human shields`

Marjah offensive, Day 6: Taliban using `human shields`


A US-led offensive in southern Afghanistan dragged into a sixth day on Thursday, with progress slowe...

US apologises after errant rocket strike kills 10 Afghans


An errant US rocket hit a compound sheltering Afghan civilians in the last Taliban stronghold in Hel...

Obama getting briefed on Afghanistan operation


A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama is keeping a close watch on combat operations in...
NATO rockets miss target, kill 12 Afghan civilians

NATO rockets miss target, kill 12 Afghan civilians


Twelve Afghans died Sunday when two rockets fired at insurgents missed their target and struck a hou...

Taliban claim they retain control of Marjah


A Taliban spokesman says the Afghan insurgents are still in control of the southern town of Marjah a...