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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (4) Slideshow Video Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared U.S. Marines say make steady progress in Afghan assault | Video 2:22am EST TV medical dramas show viewers the wrong response 14 Feb 2010 Samsung, Sony Ericsson roll out new smartphones 14 Feb 2010 Adobe pushes mobile video despite Apple stand-off 12:07am EST Spanish intelligence probing debt "attacks"-report 14 Feb 2010 Peca suspended for five games for manhandling referee 17 Oct 2008 Samsung, Sony Ericsson roll out new smartphones 14 Feb 2010 TV medical dramas show viewers the wrong response 14 Feb 2010 Toy makers look to tech, green materials for 2010 11 Feb 2010 Ohno again cashes in on Korean misfortune 14 Feb 2010 U.S. Marines say make steady progress in Afghan assault Golnar Motevalli MARJAH, Afghanistan Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:22am EST Factbox Factbox: Five facts about Marjah district, Helmand Fri, Feb 12 2010 Related News Afghan assault puts U.S. troop surge to test Fri, Feb 12 2010 Q+A: NATO "Operation Mushtarak" in Afghanistan's Helmand Fri, Feb 12 2010 Related Video Displaced in Afghanistan Sun, Feb 14 2010 US: Mushtarak key to Afghan future NATO advances in Afghan offensive 'Hard work starts now' < 1 / 7 > View Full Size MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marines are making steady progress in one of the biggest NATO offensives in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 but areas infested with roadside bombs are bogging them down, a spokesman said on Monday. World The assault is the first test of U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to seize insurgent-held areas ahead of a planned 2011 troop drawdown. "We are making steady progress but being very methodical about detecting and clearing routes in an area heavily saturated with IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices)," Marine Capt. Abraham Sipe told Reuters in response to an email, adding counts of militants killed of captured would not be provided. "In many parts of Marjah, we have seen very little opposition. There are areas where Marines have met with stiff resistance, but they are making steady progress throughout the area." Twelve Taliban fighters were killed overnight in a NATO offensive against the group's last stronghold in Afghanistan's most violent province, a provincial government official said. "There were bombardments in parts of Marjah and as a result 12 Taliban have been killed," Dawud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial governor of Helmand, told reporters. Much of the success of the operation in Helmand province depends on whether the new administration wins the trust of the local population and Afghan troops are effective enough to keep the Taliban from returning. Civilians have already expressed doubts that Afghan troops can keep control of the district if the Taliban are cleared. At a meeting with government authorities close to Marjah, some 200 villagers urged the regional government to persuade NATO-led troops to remain in Marjah once they secure the area, Ahmadi said. "They said that the Afghan forces do not have the ability to keep control of the area," Ahmadi said. NATO and the Afghan government's credibility rests on limiting civilian casualties, especially since NATO commanders told Marjah residents to stay home during the offensive which could last weeks. NATO rockets killed 12 Afghan civilians on Sunday on the second day of an offensive designed to impose Afghan authority on one of the last big Taliban strongholds in the country's most violent province. The offensive has been flagged for weeks to persuade Taliban fighters to leave so the area can be recaptured with minimal damage or loss of civilian life, in the hope that the roughly 100,000 people there will welcome the Afghan administration. Marjah has long been a breeding ground for insurgents and lucrative opium poppy cultivation, which Western countries say funds the insurgency. The United States' top military officer on Sunday said the assault on Marjah had got "off to a good start." "It's actually very difficult to predict (the end)," Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters during a visit to Israel. "We have from a planning standpoint talked about a few weeks, but I don't know that." The attack started on Saturday with waves of helicopters ferrying troops into Marjah and the nearby Nad Ali district. The next day, U.S. Marines came under intense fire. "There was fighting last night and some sporadic clashes are still going on in Marjah. The enemy has suffered casualties," said Ghulam Mahaiuddin Ghori, a senior Afghan army general in Helmand. (Additional reporting by Abdul Malek in Lashkar Gah and Sayed Salahuddin and Michael Georgy in KABUL; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Bryson Hull) World Comments See All Comments (4) | Post Comment Feb 15, 2010 1:11am EST Your headline reads “12 Taliban killed…” yet the body of your story says that “12 civilians were killed”. Which was it – 12 ‘bad-guys’ or 12 innocent civilians! God IS in the details! How about some responsible journalism here! NoJingoism Report As Abusive Feb 15, 2010 1:22am EST 12 Taliban were killed today and also, 12 Civilians were killed earlier. http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/1748600.html Chauffeur Report As Abusive Feb 15, 2010 1:22am EST NATO rockets killed 12 Afghan civilians! That is the fact ALL OTHER MEDIA is reporting! This is an outright lie what you title, they were not Taliban. This is cheap propaganda for the sleepy ones reading only headlines. Be ashamed to lie for the sake of a wrong occupation and invasion! Truth shall set you free, but I don’t find ANY here. You know that too… ProperGhanda Report As Abusive Feb 15, 2010 2:34am EST Now that’s what I call reporting the truth! Unfortunately, you left out one important fact – the TRUTH! These were not Taliban fighters that were killed, but civilians. Congratulations, Faux News would be so proud of you. 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