Over 4,000 U.S. Marines launched a major offensive against the Taliban in Southern Afghanistan. They face a tough battle and not just against their military foes but against the weather and the thick dust that clings to everything. Aaron Schachter, correspondent for PRI’s The World, has been embedded with an army medical evacuation unit at Camp Dwyer in Helmand province. He joins The Takeaway with a first hand look at the offensive in Afghanistan.
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