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Civilian Deaths Mar Start of Offensive in Afghanistan

KABUL (Feb. 14) -- The spectacular ground assault by 15,000 international and Afghan troops in southern Helmand province enters its third day amid early challenges and growing concern among Afghans about the offensive's goals and the chances of achieving them. Operation Moshtarak (which means "together" in the Dari...

US, Afghan Troops Attack Taliban Stronghold

NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan (Feb. 13) - Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines and Afghan troops swooped down on the Taliban-held town of Marjah before dawn on Saturday, launching a long-expected attack to re-establish government control and undermine support for the militants in their southern heartland. The attack on Marjah...

Background on Operation Moshtarak

Operation Moshtarak (Dari for Together or Joint) was an ISAF pacification offensive in the area that is described as the "poppy-growing belt" of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.

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