Jun 23rd, 2009 - VOA News
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British soldiers in Afghanistan say they have moved into one of the last Taliban strongholds in southern Helmand province with a major air assault. NATO says the recent deployment of additional U.S. troops in the region helped make the operation possible.
Afghanistan's NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, known as ISAF, says more than 500 troops took part in Operation Panther's Claw, which began just before midnight Friday.
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