NEW YORK: The Battle for Marjah is a new documentary, set to air exclusively on HBO, that details the story of the U.S. marines’ battle to liberate the Afghanistan town of Marjah, which had been under ...

Tells the story of Operation Moshtarak, the biggest operation since the start of the Afghanistan war, whose main target was the Taliban stronghold of Marjah. For two months, VBS correspondent Ben ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The battle to secure the Afghan town of Marjah is "essentially over," a top U.S. commander said on Tuesday, almost a year after NATO forces promised a quick victory in the ...

WASHINGTON - A senior Marine general in Afghanistan on Tuesday declared the battle in the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah "essentially over." The commander's assertion of victory in Marjah comes ...

A reader points out that the -Marine featured in our cover photo three weeks ago is Captain Timothy R. Sparks, who was recently honored with a Silver Star for his actions during the Battle for Marjah ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. military is openly telegraphing a plan to clear out an insurgent haven in what might be the first major battle since President Barack Obama's expansion of the Afghanistan ...

The impetus for the U.S.-led assault on Marjah began one moonless night last May when a squad of American and Afghan anti-narcotics agents, backed by U.S. Marines, slipped through the town’s empty ...