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Operation Moshtarak – Marjah – update for March 3
The first phase of a Marine offensive in a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan’s Helmand province is nearing completion, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said, March 2. As the military operations of the roughly 15,000 NATO and Afghan forces that have been engaged in Operation Moshtarak since Feb. 13 begin to wind down, the focus in the Marja section of central Helmand is shifting from clearing out the enemy to holding the gains the operation has … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Royal Engineers help rebuild Nad’e Ali
When the Royal Engineers of the 11th Light Infantry Brigade first arrived in the Nad’e Ali district center, they came to a stagnant area run down from insurgent control. The population was afraid to leave their homes. The bazaar – the center of local economic life – was little more than a ghost town. A local health clinic, built by Americans in the 1950′s, was destroyed by an insurgent decree against Western medicinal practices. Now, the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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