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U.S. Marines have launched their first major Afghan operation since the U.S. troop surge was announced, Fox News has learned.
Marine Major Bill Pelletier at Camp Leatherneck tells Fox News that an operation involving 1,000 Marines, U.K. forces and Afghan Army members is under way in the northern Helmand Province on Friday morning.
Pelletier says the aim of the operation is to target Taliban strongolds in the area. There has been significant engagement with the enemy, and several enemy casualties are reported.
Hundreds of troops from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines and the Marine reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider were dropped by helicopter and MV-22 Osprey aircraft behind Taliban lines in the northern end of the Now Zad Valley of Helmand province, scene of heavy fighting last summer, according to Pelletier.
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