Operation Moshtarak

LAST UPDATED AT 07:09 ON Tue 9 Feb 2010

US Marines at Toor Ghar in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Thousands of coalition troops are preparing what military officials are calling the biggest anti-Taliban offensive since the 2001 US-led invasion.

US, Afghan and British forces are preparing to mount major new offensive in southern Helmand province

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Afghanistan
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