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Telegraph: US forces close in on Taliban town before Operation Moshtarak
focusnews-en Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:06:00 AM CET | info 
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Entities: Barack Obama[1];
Other categories: Security;
Marjah. US and Afghan soldiers launched a preliminary assault against the Taliban near the Afghan town of Marjah ahead of the imminent Operation Moshtarak. Nato and Afghan officials, meanwhile, urged militants holding Marjah to lay down their arms and warned civilians to "keep your heads down", The Daily Telegraph learned....
US poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
yediotaharonot Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:04:00 AM CET | info
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Entities: Barack Obama[1];
US and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone. No date for the main attack has been announced but all signs indicate it will come soon....
US Army closes in on largest Taliban stronghold
dailytimesPK Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:03:00 AM CET | info
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Entities: Gulab Mungal[1]; Mark Sedwill[1];
* Taliban preventing people from leaving militant-controlled town of Marjah LASHKAR GAH: US Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation on Tuesday in support of a planned US-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town of Marjah in southern Afghanistan....
US poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
ynetnews Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:57:00 PM CET | info
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Entities: Barack Obama[1];
US and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone. No date for the main attack has been announced but all signs indicate it will come soon....
NATO Warns Afghan Civilians: 'Keep Your Heads Down'
globalsecurity Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:40:00 PM CET | info
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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Mark Sedwill[1];
Other categories: Security;
NATO's top civilian representative in Afghanistan is urging villagers in Helmand province to "keep your heads down" when coalition forces launch a major offensive on a southern Taliban stronghold....
Hundreds flee southern Afghan town ahead of planned NATO offensive
tehrantimes Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:01:00 PM CET | info
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Entities: Stanley McChrystal[2]; Barack Obama[1]; Paolo Cito[1]; Mark Sedwill[1];
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Dispatches) — Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan. The militants, meanwhile, dug in for a fight, reinforcing their positions.......
U.S. troops close in on Afghan town
msnbc Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:44:00 PM CET | info
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Entities: Stanley McChrystal[2]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Gulab Mungal[1]; Mark Sedwill[1];
U.S. and Afghan forces push to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, hoping to build public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone....
U.S. forces poised to attack Afghan town as Taliban dig in
HonululuAdvetrtiser Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:26:00 PM CET | info
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Entities: Stanley McChrystal[2]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Gulab Mungal[1]; Mark Sedwill[1]; Ali Ahmad Jalali[1]; Ali Ahmad[1];
Other categories: Institutional Affairs;
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Ali Ahmad Jalali told: "Normally the Taliban would leave. They would not normally decisively engage in this kind of pitched battle. They would leave and come back because they have the time to come back,"
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan — U.S. and Afghan forces pushed to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah today, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone....
Taliban town in NATO crosshairs
CBC Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:53:00 PM CET | info
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Entities: David Guttenfelder[1]; Gulab Mungal[1]; Mark Sedwill[1];
Other categories: Security;
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Mark Sedwill said: "The message to the people of the area is, of course, keep your heads down, stay inside when the operation is going ahead,"
U.S. forces, backed up by Afghan army troops and their Canadian trainers, began a preliminary operation Tuesday in advance of an expected offensive to take the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan....
US poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in (AP)
news-yahoo Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:34:00 PM CET | info
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Entities: Kim Gamel[1]; Stanley McChrystal[2]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Nur Khan[1]; Gulab Mungal[1]; Christopher Torchia[1]; Tini Tran[1]; Mark Sedwill[1]; Amir Shah[1]; Ali Ahmad Jalali[1]; Ali Ahmad[1];
Other categories: Institutional Affairs;
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Ali Ahmad Jalali told: "Normally the Taliban would leave. They would not normally decisively engage in this kind of pitched battle. They would leave and come back because they have the time to come back,"
AP - U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone....
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Place: KANDAHAR
Geo Path: Kandahar,Kandahar,Kandahar,Afghanistan
lat: 31.61088
lon: 65.700272
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Ali Ahmad Jalali told: "Normally the Taliban would leave. They would not normally decisively engage in this kind of pitched battle. They would leave and come back because they have the time to come back,"
HonululuAdvetrtiser Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:26:00 PM CET
Mark Sedwill said: "The message to the people of the area is, of course, keep your heads down, stay inside when the operation is going ahead,"
CBC Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:53:00 PM CET
Ali Ahmad Jalali told: "Normally the Taliban would leave. They would not normally decisively engage in this kind of pitched battle. They would leave and come back because they have the time to come back,"
news-yahoo Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:34:00 PM CET
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