Five Americans, 7 Afghan soldiers killed in Marjah, 8 U.S soldiers injured

HELMAND, Feb. 18 - Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate, during an encounter, killed 4 U.S. soldiers and wounded seven others near Marjah, Nad Ali district of Helmand, on Thursday.

The report states the joint U.S-Afghan troops were trying to advance into Marjah as the battle erupted in Baluch Khan area between Marjah and Nad Ali, following an attack by Mujahideen, in which the the coalition and Afghan troops were repelled.

In another incident, a landmine blast ripped into a vehicle of Afghan army in Namru located in Bolan area of Nad Ali, killing 7 Afghan soldiers on Thursday.

Also on Thursday, elsewhere in Helmand two consecutive blasts targeted a U.S tank and a group of U.S soldiers in Group-e-Shah area of Nad Ali, killing an American and wounding another, besides destroying the U.S tank completely.

However, it has been an entire week since the U.S-led coalition and Afghan troops have launched their major operation in Helmand, while they have not advanced a kilometer into Marjah yet, that is, gaining control of Helmand is a mere pipe dream of the American military and its allies, who are preposterously claiming to have the land of Afghans cleared of Afghans, on the other way round, little do they know that it is "them" the unwelcomed intruders, brazen invaders to be cleared out of Afghan land.

Source: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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