US, Afghan forces clear last parts of Taliban area (Nevada Appeal)
MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) – Marines and Afghan troops who fought through the center of Marjah linked up Saturday with American soldiers on the northern edge of the former Taliban stronghold, clearing the town’s last major pocket of resistance. The joint force encountered almost no hostile fire, indicating that the militants have either fled or blended in with the local population – perhaps to …
In Kandahar, a ‘gradual’ campaign likely (USA Today)
The U.S.-Afghan coalition is preparing to move against the next target of Kandahar, the country’s second-largest city, U.S. commanders say.
Marines, Afghan troops to stay in Marjah for months to guard against Taliban return (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
MARJAH, Afghanistan – More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don’t return, Marine commanders said.
Troops clear Afghan town (The Vacaville Reporter)
MARJAH, Afghanistan — Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in the former Taliban-ruled town of Marjah on Saturday — part of an offensive that is the run-up to a larger showdown this year in the most strategic part
Marines, Afghan troops to stay in Marjah for months to guard against Taliban return (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MARJAH, Afghanistan – More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don’t return, Marine commanders said Sunday.
Moderate earthquake jolts Pakistan, Afghanistan (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A moderate earthquake deep in the Hindu Kush mountain range has jolted parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, officials said.
Russia accuses NATO of heroin surge in Afghanistan (Deepika)
Moscow, Mar 1 (UNI) The head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Agency Viktor Ivanov has accused NATO of not doing enough to curb the production of heroin in Afghanistan. Ivanov said at least 30,000 people died in Russia every year from heroin, 90% of it from Afghanistan.
Taliban bomb kills 11 Afghan civilians (Sky News Australia)
A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban has killed 11 civilians in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand.
Marines, Afghan troops to stay in Marjah for months to guard against Taliban return (Times & Transcript)
More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don’t return, Marine commanders said.
Moderate earthquake jolts Pakistan, Afghanistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A moderate earthquake deep in the Hindu Kush mountain range jolted parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan early Sunday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, officials said.
Afghan army: 3 civilians die in suicide car bomb (AP via Yahoo! News)
An Afghan official say three civilians have been killed by a suicide car bomb aimed at NATO forces outside the major southern city of Kandahar.
Letter from Afghanistan: Flooding response shows Afghan army’s capability (Victoria Times Colonist)
It would be uncharacteristic for a soldier not to complain about the weather once in a while, and I hate to disappoint. In the first week of February, we were hit with the heaviest rainfall I have ever experienced, and that’s a bold statement coming from someone who lives in Victoria.
