U.S. launches assault on Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan
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United States Marines went on the offensive on Wednesday, launching a major new attack on a Taliban stronghold in the south of Afghanistan.
Hundreds of Marines, along with Afghan troops, went into battle under the cover of darkness to take back control of the town of Dahaneh in Helmand Province, a key base for Taliban fighters.
Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who worked on an advisory board to General ...
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