Marines corner Taliban holdouts in Afghan town (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 02/21/2010 - 4:04am

U.S.<br /><br />Marine Lt Scott Holub of Pasadena, MD and from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment runs carrying an Afghan National Army soldier who was shot in the lower leg during a battle with the Taliban in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday Feb. 20, 2010.<br /><br />(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Marines and Afghan units converged on a dangerous western quarter of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Sunday, with NATO forces facing "determined resistance" as their assault on the southern town entered its second week.




 

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