PETRAEUS VISITS BASES - U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, left, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and Maj. Gen. James Terry, commander of Regional Command-South, visit forward operating bases in the RC-South area of operation, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Lasonya MoralesOne Year After Offensive, Signs Of Progress In Marjah -- Stars And Stripes
MARJAH, Afghanistan — A year ago, the farmers, opium poppy growers and insurgents in and around Marjah were under siege. Locals had fled; the bazaar had been shuttered.
In the biggest operation since the 2001 invasion, a force of 7,500 U.S. Marines and Afghan troops began on Valentine’s Day 2010 to kill and scatter Taliban fighters. It was expected to be a quick combat assault followed by a roll-out of government services.
It didn’t happen quite that way.
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