US Marines gather at their tents at Belleau Wood outpost outside Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday. (David Guttenfelder/AP)
Q&A: Why the Marjah offensive matters
After weeks of publicizing, US troops are set to launch one of the biggest offensives of the Afghanistan war, against the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand Province. Here’s a briefing on just how important this town is and why NATO gave the Taliban so much advance warning.
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