Major Assault On Taliban Stronghold In Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
MARJAH, Afghanistan (AFP) – Thousands of US-led troops backed by helicopters stormed a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan on Saturday in the first major test of President Barack Obama's new surge policy.
US Marines led the charge on Marjah, a town of 80,000 in the central Helmand River valley controlled for years by militants and drug traffickers.
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