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Coalition offensive against Taliban continues

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

US, NATO and Afghan forces are now in the sixth day of their offensive against Taliban forces in Helmand. NATO officials say that militants battling coalition troops are running out of ammunition. We hear from The Washington Post’s Joshua Partlow.

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