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02-17-2010, 04:47 PM
Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | February 12 2010 | Yahoo! News Canada
NAD ALI, Afghanistan - Canadian Chinook helicopters touched down in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's restive south as coalition forces mount the largest air assault of the nine-year war.
American, British, Afghan and other coalition troops stormed the insurgent-held town of Marjah and the district of Nad Ali early Saturday, said to be two of the last major bastions of Taliban control in Helmand province.
The pre-dawn attack is called Operation Moshtarak - meaning "together" in Dari - and it is by far the largest offensive staged since U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan to try to quell a spreading insurgency.
Read More Here (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100212/national/afghan_cda_air_attack)
NAD ALI, Afghanistan - Canadian Chinook helicopters touched down in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's restive south as coalition forces mount the largest air assault of the nine-year war.
American, British, Afghan and other coalition troops stormed the insurgent-held town of Marjah and the district of Nad Ali early Saturday, said to be two of the last major bastions of Taliban control in Helmand province.
The pre-dawn attack is called Operation Moshtarak - meaning "together" in Dari - and it is by far the largest offensive staged since U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan to try to quell a spreading insurgency.
Read More Here (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100212/national/afghan_cda_air_attack)