Mar 14th, 2010 · NATO forces, who took the southern Afghan region of Marjah last month, are now trying to establish their hold on it by winning the confidence of local people. That includes paying for damage to businesses and farms from battle and paying condolences to families of civilians who were killed. A U.S. Marine commander faces one of his hardest tasks: apologizing and paying compensation to the family of a father whom Marines killed by mistake.
Keywords: Afghan · local · civil · Compensation · Business · region · commander · Marine · NATO · Family · families · apologized
Mar 10th, 2010 · Every time Marines patrol Marjah in southern Afghanistan, they risk hitting homemade bombs planted by the Taliban. But the mine-resistant armored trucks that are replacing Humvees are reducing casualties from the blasts. One crew recently survived a run-in with at least 70 pounds of explosives.
Keywords: Afghanistan · Taliban · Marine · survive · explosion · homemade · humvee · casualties · Marjah
Mar 9th, 2010 · U.S. Marines are now trying to build relationships with local people after gaining ground in the southern Afghanistan area of Marjah. But after two years of Taliban control, the group's presence is still deeply felt — especially the threats sent in "night letters" to those who cooperate with foreigners.
Keywords: Afghanistan · Taliban · local · Marine · foreign · Marjah
Mar 1st, 2010 · Afghan security forces are working alongside U.S. Marines in the offensive in Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in the south. But U.S. and Afghan officials still face huge problems recruiting, training and retaining Afghan soldiers. And that could jeopardize President Obama's plan to begin removing U.S. troops next year.
Keywords: Taliban · security · Afghan · Marine · Soldiers · offensive · recruiting · stronghold · President Obama · Marjah
Feb 28th, 2010 · U.S. Marines and their Afghan counterparts are tightening their hold on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in southern Afghanistan. But hundreds of deadly homemade bombs, or IEDs, remain behind.
Keywords: Afghanistan · Taliban · Afghan · Marine · homemade · stronghold · IEDs · Marjah
Feb 27th, 2010 · It's been more than two weeks since U.S. Marines and NATO forces went into Marjah, a town in southern Afghanistan that's been dominated by the Taliban. Commanders there say most of the town has been secured. Now comes the hard work of reviving a farming town of around 75,000 people, and convincing the population that the Afghan government is their friend. Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Corey Flintoff from Marine Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province.
Keywords: Afghanistan · Taliban · Town · Scott Simon · Afghan · populations · commander · military · Marine · NATO · Corey Flintoff · friends
Feb 26th, 2010 · With global threats like ocean warming and acidification, it's a tough time to be a coral. Marine ecologists John Bruno and Elizabeth Selig analyzed over 8,000 coral surveys from all over the world to see if local management through Marine Protected Areas had any positive effect on coral.
Keywords: manager · world · local · protections · global · Marine · ocean · coral · ecologists · analyzed · Marine Protected Areas · acidification
Feb 22nd, 2010 · As U.S. Marines and Afghan troops push farther into the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, their efforts to win over locals are being made more difficult by mistakes from the air. Two American bombings in the past week have killed at least 39 civilians and prompted apologies from the top U.S. commander.
Keywords: Taliban · Americans · Afghan · local · civil · commander · Marine · apologized · undermine · stronghold · errant · Marjah
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