ELDER INSIGHT - U.S. Army soldiers talk to Tantil Village elders in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, March 13, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces visited the community to respond to a high number of recent attacks in the area. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gary A. WitteMcChrystal: Kandahar Operation Has Begun -- Voice of America
The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, says efforts to reassert Afghan government control in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar have already begun, and will continue for many months with both military and political activities. The general spoke by telephone on Wednesday with reporters at the Pentagon.
General McChrystal says the start of the main military phase of the Kandahar operation will not be dramatic, as it was in the Helmand town of Marjah last month. He says efforts have already begun to secure key roads and areas around Kandahar, and to prepare for expected Taliban efforts to prevent the major military operation this summer.
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