A NATO statement said that the fighting remained difficult in the northeast and west of Marjah.
Rather,
louboutin, he claimed success, saying that the Taliban had killed dozens of troops and destroyed several tanks.
However, the firing intensified near the center of town on Saturday as the Taliban insurgents tried to close in on U.S. marines.
The Operation Mashtarak,
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For the purpose, the U.S. has announced to send 30,
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Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, commander of the U.S. Marines in Marjah, said Thursday that the coalition forces have taken control of the main roads, bridges and government centers in Marjah.
KABUL,
abercrombie, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- As Operation Moshtarak, or Together, launched by the NATO-led troops and Afghan forces entered into its second week on Saturday,
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Apart from political, economic and diplomatic steps, the new strategy envisages military action against the hardcore and irreconcilable Taliban fighters.
Marjah is a small town of some 80,000 people and an area of several square kilometers. Major General Nick Carter says the coalition forces would need 25 to 30 days to secure the area.
His claim may certainly be exaggerating, aimed to browbeat the enemy, but the slow progress in the operation itself speaks volume of the difficulties, which the U.S.-led NATO forces are facing in the area.
However, the ensuing events showed that the militants are firmly entrenched in the town and they are offering stiff resistance. "The war is still raging in the same areas where it had been started," Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi told media on Friday.
Operation Moshtarak is the biggest military campaign against Taliban since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.
The Operation Mashtarak, which means together in local language,
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Besides, several NATO member-states have also promised to increase the number of their troops in the war-ravaged country.
The operation in Marjah, a Taliban controlled town in the southern Helmand province,
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The operation, launched after the announcement of the new United States strategy on Afghanistan,
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