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Fighting Rages in Marjah as Karzai Urges Restraint

Fighting Rages in Marjah as Karzai Urges Restraint

U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers advanced through poppy fields of Marjah on Saturday under withering gunfire from Taliban fighters shooting from mudbrick homes and compounds where families huddled in terror.

 

12 Afghans killed in errant rocket strike as U.S. offensive continues

The deaths are the first civilian casualties since the start of the attack on the Taliban stronghold of Marja. NATO says it is suspending use of the weapons system used in the deadly strike.

Reporting from The Outskirts Of Marja, Afghanistan, and Kabul -- As U.S.

 

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