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In Marjah, U.S. Military Meet With Elders

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 16 February 2010 tagged Abdul Ajan, AP, Associated Press, BADULA QULP, Helmand, Lt. Burton Shields, Maj. Abdul-Jalal Jalal, Marja, Marjah, Operation Moshtarak, taliban, Yahoo! News with View Comments

U.S., Canadian and Afghan military personnel have engaged elders in Helmand Province to apologize for the destruction of a mosque and to seek information about the Taliban within the area. U.S. Lieutenant Burton Shields also took the opportunity to remind the Afghan people that the 9/11 attacks were the impetus for a U.S. presence in [...]