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US marines return to Helmand, launch mission

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): US soldiers from the Marine Corps have returned to southern Helmand province to help Afghan forces combat a resurgent Taliban.

The marines arrival brings to an end the 18-month US military mission in Helmand as part of a troop rotation performed at a ceremony at the Shorab Military

NATO General John Nicholson and the acting Afghan chief of army staff Lt. Gen. Mohammad Shareef Yaftali, Helmand Governor Hayatullah Hayat and military council members attended the handover . . .

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