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July 03: Marines Meet Little Taliban Resistance

KABUL -- Taliban fighters were putting up patchy resistance yesterday as thousands of United States marines stormed through southern Helmand province in the second day of the US’s biggest military operation since 2001. Commanders said one American marine unit had been locked in “a hell of a fight”, but other districts remained eerily quiet while 4,000 US troops and 600 Afghan soldiers pushed along the Helmand river valley, cutting insurgent supply lines and aiming to win over tribal elders. As Operation Khanjar, or Strike of the Sword, finished its second day, officers said a single marine had died and there were as yet no reports of civilian deaths.
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Posted by Editor at July 20, 2009 06:35 AM