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Operation Moshtarak: the first 48 hours
US Marines, part of the 4,000-strong detachment that were leading the fight around the town of Marjah, patrol a market. The town in the central Helmand river valley has a population of around 80,000 and has been controlled for years by Taliban militants and opium traffickers.
Nato and Afghan troops met little resistance as they began a major offensive into a Taliban stronghold