Members of the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh take part in Operation Mushtarak at Camp Bastion in Helmand. Photograph: Will Craig/AFP/Getty ImagesTaliban Leaders Flee As Marines Hit Stronghold -- Times Online
American marines landed by helicopter in a pre-dawn assault on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, seizing two central shopping bazaars and firing rockets at Taliban fighters who attacked from mud-walled compounds.
As the marines secured their first objective, a jumble of buildings at the centre of the farming town, thousands of soldiers moved in on foot.
Harrier jets called in by the marines fired heavy-calibre machineguns at the Taliban. Fighting continued for hours, according to an embedded correspondent. Cobra gunships unleashed Hellfire missiles into bunkers and tunnels.
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More News On The Allied Assault on The Taliban Stronghold Of Marjah
Bombs, booby-traps slow US advance in Afghan town -- Yahoo News/AP
Anti-Taliban offensive on track: officials -- Yahoo News/AFP
Marines spearhead major Afghanistan offensive -- Yahoo News/Reuters
First stage of operation Moshtarak declared a success -- The Telegraph
British spearhead allied offensive in Afghanistan -- Times Online
Troops secure objectives in mission -- Press Association
Key posts seized in Taliban stronghold -- Seattle Times/New York Times
Battle for town is a small step on the path to victory -- Times Online
British soldier killed in assault on key Taliban stronghold -- The Guardian
Surprise tactic in Afghanistan offensive befuddles Taliban -- Miami Herald
Military 'pleased' with Afghan operation, one soldier killed -- AFP
Soldiers going house-to-house in Marjah -- UPI
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