US, British, Afghan troops completed a pincer maneuver that has left the taliban completed encircled in their last stronghold in Helmand province.
The taliban have nowhere to run in their burqas now. Soon our troops will tighten the noose and kill them all! God bless our troops and prayers they come home safely.
US Army soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division take up positions in a village in Helmand province in support of Moshtarak. Source AP-->
Yahoo! News
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan – U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war.[...]
In preparation for the offensive, a U.S.-Afghan force led by the U.S. Army's 5th Stryker Brigade moved south from Lashkar Gah and linked up Thursday with Marines on the northern edge of Marjah, closing off a main Taliban escape route. Marines and Army soldiers fired colored smoke grenades to show each other that they were friendly forces.
U.S. and Afghan forces have now finished their deployment along the main road in and out of Marjah, leaving the Taliban no way out except across bleak, open desert — where they could easily be spotted.
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