Americans, Afghans Launch Konar Assault
June 29 2010
About 700 U.S. and Afghan troops have started a major assault in Konar province along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, the Washington Post reports.
The goal of the operation is to destroy a growing insurgent haven and blunt rising violence in the area, senior Army officials said.
The troops were inserted early Sunday by Black Hawk helicopters in the mountainous Marawara district, Army officials said.
After seizing the high ground, the joint force repelled a force of...
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