General: NATO Controls Marjah's Main Roads and Markets -- Voice of America
A U.S. Marine general says U.S.-led forces now control the main roads and markets in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in southern Afghanistan, but a NATO commander says it will take a month to secure the area.
U.S. Brigadier General Larry Nicholson tells the Associated Press that allied forces are right where they want to be. He says U.S.-led troops control what he called the "spine" of the town.
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