U.S. troops and Afghan police officers inspect the site where a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international troops, killing two civilians, near the city of Ghazni, in central Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 23, 3009. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Naikzad)From The Guardian:
• US forces and Black Watch attack enemy strongholds
• Massive air operation to support ground forces
More than 350 British troops led by the Black Watch and supported by one of the largest air operations in modern times have launched an assault on Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan.
Apache and US Black Hawk helicopters, an American Spectre gunship equipped with an array of heavy weapons, UK Harrier jets and unmanned drones, were involved in the operation which began when 12 Chinook helicopters dropped more than 350 troops into Babaji, north of Lashkar Gah, on Friday, the Ministry of Defence said.
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