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U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone.
Preparing for battle in a Taliban stronghold, the Marines are warning civilians to flee the area, and they plan restraint in their use of artillery and air power. Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan -- Heading into battle to seize a Taliban stronghold, U.S. Marines are keenly aware of one factor that could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory: Afghan civilian ...
US commanders are weighing plans to send more American troops to northern Afghanistan, a region under the command of German forces, a US official said on Tuesday.
At the recent London Conference on Afghanistan, the United States, its NATO allies, and Afghanistan’s regional neighbors agreed to more closely align civilian and military efforts to stabilize that nation so foreign forces can withdraw and local Afghan forces can take over security.
U.S. and Afghan forces pushed to the edge of the Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold.
Pakistan's interior minister and a senior intelligence official say the country's Taliban chief has died.
A planned assault on a major Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan is the first real test of a new US-led counter-insurgency strategy to re-establish government control and end the war.
Pakistan's interior minister says the government is trying to confirm "credible information" that the country's Taliban's chief died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone strike.
Like athletes everywhere, Afghan and U.S. cricketers want their match to be about which team is better -- not the relationship between their countries. Afghanistan has been grouped with the United States in the qualifying tournament for the Twenty20 World Cup and the two sides will meet at Dubai Sports City on Thursday.
(RTTNews) - Iran has supported India's opposition to the idea of "good" and "bad" Taliban, dismissing recent western overtures to the Taliban at last month's conference on Afghanistan held in London.
U.S.-Afghan Military Forces Poised Launch Major Attack against Taliban Stronghold of Marjah
U.S. Marines are preparing a massive full-scale invasion against the Taliban which will consist of over 30,000 American and NATO troops in the Afghanistan town of Marjah. Mandy Clark reports.
Casting about in late 2001 for someone or something to replace the vanquished Taliban, President George W. Bush helped select Hamid Karzai, an Afghan exile, as the nation's new, moderate, pro-West leader. Bush introduced him to his new partner nation at the State of the Union address in January 2002, pledged U.S. support in rebuilding Afghanistan as a modern state with a strong central ...
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan — U.S. and Afghan forces pushed to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah today, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone.
After weeks of publicizing, US troops are set to launch one of the biggest offensives of the Afghanistan war, against the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand Province. Here’s a briefing on just how important this town is and why NATO gave the Taliban so much advance warning.
U.S. Army soldiers launched a major operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.
