Canadian choppers touch down in largest air assault of Afghan war
Posted February 12, 2010 8:53 pm.
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Canadian Chinook helicopters have touched down in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive south as coalition forces mount the largest air assault of the nine-year war.
American, British, Afghan and other coalition troops are storming the insurgent-held town of Marjah and the district of Nad Ali.
It’s said to be one of the last major bastions of Taliban control in Helmand province.
The attack is called Operation Moshtarak _ meaning “together.”
It’s by far the largest offensive staged since U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan to try to quell a spreading insurgency.
Three Canadian Chinook helicopters are helping ferry some 1,100 coalition troops to Nad Ali, under the watch of four Canadian Griffon escorts.
