| Photo Gallery: Operation Strike of the Sword Begins |
| Photographs from Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 and Thursday, July 2, 2009. |
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| (MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 2: U.S. Marines of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. listen as their Captain Eric Meador gives a pep talk before loading up on helicopters during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming president) |
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