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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Tough fight in Afghan assault, govt moves to take control AFP - Sunday, February 21 Send IM Story Print Tough fight in Afghan assault, govt moves to take control OUTSKIRTS OF MARJAH, Afghanistan (AFP) - – Taliban fighters under siege in southern Afghanistan were putting up a tough fight Saturday, military officials said, as civilian authorities geared up to take over. The number of foreign troops killed in Operation Mushtarak rose to 12 with the death of an ISAF soldier during fighting Friday as NATO's biggest assault against the militants moved into its second week. Some 15,000 US-led troops from NATO and Afghanistan are taking part in the offensive against Taliban militants who have held sway over the Marjah and Nad Ali districts of Helmand province for at least two years. Operation Mushtarak is the showcase test of US President Barack Obama's new war strategy which pivots on counter-insurgency and winning the confidence of local people. Commanders said they expect the military phase of the operation to last another three weeks as they strive to clear the areas of snipers and innumerable hidden bombs left behind by fleeing fighters. NATO described fighting in pockets northeast and west of Marjah as "difficult," adding "insurgent activity is not limited to those areas". Of 22 foreign soldiers who died in Afghanistan in the past week, 12 were in Operation Mushtarak, said ISAF spokesman Sergeant Jeff Loftin. One Afghan soldier has been killed, said Daud Ahmadi, Helmand provincial spokesman. Afghan troops account for almost one-third of the combined force in what has been billed by NATO as an "Afghan-led" operation. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said a civilian was killed by troops in Nad Ali on Friday when they mistakenly thought he was running towards them with a bomb. Ahmadi said 15 civilians have been killed in Mushtarak, but it was not clear if the figure included the ISAF report. Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi denied reports the militants were using human shields, but took responsibility for the planting of IEDs -- the greatest threat to the advance and the biggest killer of foreign troops. President Hamid Karzai, opening parliament after its winter break, lent his support to the war against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. "The fight against terrorists and those who prevent peace in the country should continue and our people should be able to live peaceful, prosperous lives," Karzai said. With the commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal sitting in the front row, Karzai repeated his call for civilian casualties be avoided at all costs. Amid reports food prices are skyrocketing and access to medical treatment is almost impossible, NATO listed "local concerns" as "availability of food stores, freedom of movement and the ability to tend to crops and livestock". Marjah resident Abdul Ghias 53, speaking by telephone, said it was impossible to move in or out of Marjah as roads are mined with IEDs. "Most people cannot get hold of medicine or food, and people cannot work in their farms," he told AFP. An elite police brigade was due to be in position in central Marjah later Saturday, an Afghan general said, in the first step towards establishing civilian security. The offensive, billed as one of the biggest since the 2001 US-led invasion, aims to clear the Taliban from one of their last bastions and allow the government to re-establish control and build civilian services. The deployment of a 400-man brigade of the newly-established Public Protection Police Force was a first step towards consolidating government authority over the area in the central Helmand River Valley. The gendarmerie, as it is known, has been specially trained to overcome the reputation Afghanistan's police have for corruption and violence. As NATO described progress so far as "positive," the Dutch government collapsed after coalition parties clashed over a request that it extend its military mission to Afghanistan. NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen had asked the Netherlands this month to take on a new training role and remain in Afghanistan until August 2011, one year later than originally planned. The request needed unanimous cabinet approval. Around 1,950 Dutch troops are deployed in Afghanistan, part of the combined US-NATO force now at 120,000, set to rise to 150,000 by August. 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