Taliban vow guerrilla warfare against NATO troops
KABUL — The Taliban vowed on Thursday to fight back with a "hit and run" guerrilla campaign against Western and Afghan forces preparing to storm one of their key strongholds in southern Afghanistan. Thousands of US Marines and NATO and Afghan soldiers have massed around the town of Marjah, a ...
Afghan campaign seeks to avoid Iraq mistakes
Chances of success for a NATO offensive in the last big Taliban bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province may depend on ensuring the operation doesn't repeat the destruction of Fallujah in Iraq in 2004. U.S. commanders have built up expectations the operation may help deliver stability to a deeply troubled country ...
Taliban, Marines exchange fire as battle looms
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marines and Taliban insurgents exchanged gunfire Thursday on the outskirts of Marjah, a southern militant stronghold where American and Afghan forces are expected to launch a major attack in the coming days. To the north, a U.S.-Afghan force led by the U.S. Army's 5th Stryker ...
ICRC says casualties up in Helmand
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Red Cross said casualties in Afghanistan's Helmand province are on the rise ahead of a major military operation pending in the region.Thousands of U.S., NATO-led and Afghan troops are expected to descend on the Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan in what is ...
US Army tightens noose in southern Afghanistan
NEAR LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — U.S. Army soldiers have launched a major operation in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.About 400 U.S. troops from the 5th Stryker Brigade as well as 250 Afghan soldiers and their 30 Canadian trainers moved into positions ...
NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan villagers should stay inside and "keep their heads down" when thousands of U.S. Marines launch a massive assault on a densely-populated district in coming days, NATO's civilian representative to Afghanistan said Tuesday.U.S.-led NATO forces are planning one of the 8-year-old war's biggest offensives to seize Marjah, ...
As Afghan assault looms, many civilians haven't fled
KABUL -- As U.S.-led coalition troops prepare for a long-awaited offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, few civilians have managed to escape the town at the center of the operation, raising the risk of civilian casualties that could undermine the Obama administration's military strategy for the country.The U.S.-led force ...
Afghan drug capital is U.S. target in coming offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led offensive that's expected to start soon in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province will be a battle not only against the Taliban but also against an insurgent-backed narcotics trade that provides a livelihood for thousands of residents. Helmand produces more than half the world's opium, and Marjah, ...
Britain hits grim milestone before major attack
KABUL -- Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 - breaking the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.Britain reached the grim milestone as British, American and Afghan forces are preparing for a major ...
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