http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=fb2eaff7005cf4efThe U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan has launched a massive combat and reconstruction operation in the country's southern provinces.
Officials say thousands of troops are sweeping through the Taleban's traditional stronghold, hoping to isolate the insurgents and help restore order to local communities.
It is the coalition's largest operation in more than four years involving an estimated 11,000 soldiers in four southern provinces, including Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul and Kandahar.
U.S. military spokesman Colonel Tom Collins briefed reporters Wednesday in the Afghan capital, Kabul. "Over the next month, coalition and Afghan national security forces will be conducting Operation Mountain Thrust," he said. "This operation will attack Taleban extremists in the areas from which they are currently operating."
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11,000 is not what I consider HUGE!!!
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