Last Updated on 9 years by INDIAN AWAAZ
Security forces backed by US military airstrikes have made advances in the southern district of Marjah in Afghanistan, killing dozens of Taliban insurgents and wounding
many others. Officials said, the fighting in Marjah, a Taliban-held district in the restive
Helmand province, erupted a day earlier when Afghan forces launched a counter-offensive to try to recapture lost territory.
A US military spokesman said, their aircraft carried out a dozen strikes in Marjah and neighboring Sangin district in support of the ground offensive. Taliban refuted claims that it suffered losses in Marjah.