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Operation Moshtarak ( Dari for Together or Joint ), also known as the Battle of Marjah, was an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pacification offensive in the town of Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It involved a combined total of 15,000 Afghan, American, British, Canadian, Danish, and Estonian troops, constituting the ...
Feb 17, 2011 · With Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, Mike Mullen, Barack Obama. On February 13, 2010, American-led coalition forces launched the biggest military operation since the beginning of the Afghanistan War. Their target was the town of Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
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Feb 14, 2015 · A former public affairs Marine shares his experience of documenting the 2010 operation to retake the Taliban-held city of Marjah from within the military. He reveals the challenges, failures and lessons of the mission that was supposed to be Afghan-led and transform the war.
Feb 3, 2011 · Subscribe to HBO Docs: http://itsh.bo/10r45k3Watch the trailer for the original HBO Documentary, The Battle for Marjah. HBO Docs on Facebook: https://www.fac...
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Apr 12, 2016 · 'The Battle for Marjah,' a new HBO documentary, takes viewers into the front lines of the biggest battle of the war in Afghanistan. by Gerald D. Swick 2/24/2011. Share This Article. “The plan that we’ve rock-drilled over and over: as soon as you get out of the bird, it’s not worth anything.
Operation Moshtarak (Dari for “Together”) is the first major offensive for U.S., coalition and Afghan forces to employ the new reinforcements ordered by President Obama in December of 2009. The mission is to retake the town of Marjah in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold and center of the opium network.
Feb 16, 2011 · An account of one Marine company’s experiences during Operation Moshtarak, the major offensive carried out in southern Afghanistan last February, “The Battle for Marjah” is both an...
