Stronghold stories:
NATO may need 30 days to secure Taliban stronghold
Feb 18th, 2010 - Reuters
we've been successful." while some areas around the taliban stronghold of marjah have been cleared
Marines link up to expand control in Taliban stronghold
Feb 17th, 2010 - Philly
also yesterday, u.s. artillery fired nonlethal smoke rounds to disperse taliban fighters in marjah - the first time cannon had been used in the fight to drive the extremists from their logistical and opium poppy-smuggling base.Marines link up in Afghan Taliban stronghold
Feb 16th, 2010 - USA Today
marjah, afghanistan (ap) - marines moving by land from the north linked up tuesday with u.s. units that have faced nearly constant taliban attack in the four days since they were dropped by helicopter into this insurgent stronghold in southernAfghan, NATO Forces Advance in Taliban Stronghold (Update1)
Feb 15th, 2010 - BusinessWeek
(adds obama monitoring situation in fifth paragraph.) feb. 15 (bloomberg) -- afghan and nato forces advanced into taliban-controlled territory in southern afghanistan.
Afghan public are 'confused' about operation says MP
Feb 15th, 2010 - BBC NEWS
a joint nato and afghan military operation is succeeding in pushing taliban fighters from their strongholds in helmand province, officials say. on day three of operation moshtarak, senior afghan officers said areas around marjah and nad ali


