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Thousands Of U.S. Marines And Afghan Soldiers Storm Into Taliban Stronghold -- Yahoo News/AP
MARJAH, Afghanistan – Thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers stormed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah by air and ground Saturday, meeting only scattered resistance but facing a daunting thicket of bombs and booby traps that slowed the allied advance through the town.
The massive offensive was aimed at establishing Afghan government authority over the biggest southern town under militant control and breaking the Taliban grip over a wide area of their southern heartland.
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Major assault on Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Nato-led offensive on Taliban stronghold -- BBC
Operation Moshtarak: Assault in Helmand province -- BBC
3 US soldiers die as Afghan assault begins -- ABC News (Australia)
3 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb attack -- Reuters
NATO: Blast kills 3 U.S. troops in Afghanistan -- MSNBC
Taliban killed in Helmand during fighting in massive Operation Moshtarak -- The Telegraph
Five Militants Killed in Afghan Offensive -- Voice of America
Afghan, US troops meet Marjah resistance: official -- AFP
Several hundred US Marines and some Afghan troops were in the first wave of troops.Photo from The Telegraph
Taliban stronghold under siege in NATO offensive -- CNN
Operation Moshtarak: first wave of offensive against Taliban strongholds begins -- The Telegraph
Coalition Forces Launch Afghan Taliban Offensive -- Time magazine
US: Attack on Afghan town Marjah launched -- Yahoo News/AP
NATO launches major Afghanistan offensive -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Assault on Taliban in southern Afghanistan begins: NATO -- Yahoo News/AFP
Coalition Begins Major Afghan Offensive -- New York Times
NATO Launches Offensive in Southern Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Troops start ‘make or break’ assault on the Taleban -- Times Online
U.S., Afghan and NATO Forces Begin Offensive Against Taliban -- FOX News
Nato launches major Afghan assault -- Al Jazeera
Marines launch offensive in southern Afghanistan town -- L.A. Times
U.S., Afghan forces begin assault in Helmand Province -- McClatchy News
U.S. Starts Afghan Surge -- Wall Street Journal
Marjah Marines Begin Taliban Battle -- CBS News
Over 6,000 NATO-led troops take on Taliban in Marjah -- Press TV
A breakdown of NATO forces in Afghan offensive -- Washington Post/AP
Marjah's Long Game: Months of Patrols -- Wall Street Journal
Marines meet with Afghans to explain offensive, seek support -- L.A. Times
Taliban vow guerrilla warfare against NATO troops -- Yahoo News/AFP
Nato's mission control at Kandahar Airbase, Afghanistan -- BBC
In pictures: Operation Moshtarak -- BBC
British soldiers from the First Battalion The Royal Welsh mobilise for Operation Moshtarak, a combined force of 15,000 troops launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan February 13, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Gen. Petraeus, in Phila. for meeting, says war in Afghanistan will get 'tougher before it gets easier' -- Philly.com
Colombia Ready to Send Troops to Afghanistan -- Latin American Herald Tribune
Spain plans more troops for Afghanistan -- CNN
Canadian soldier, 24, killed in Afghanistan -- Montreal Gazette
Canadian soldier fights for Brits in Afghanistan -- Montreal Gazette
UN forecasts 'stable' Afghan opium crop -- AP
Afghanistan quietly brings into force Taliban amnesty law -- The Guardian
Afghanistan Effort at Critical Juncture in 2010 -- Atlantic Council
US military deaths in Afghan region at 902 -- AP