| 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 from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. run to a new position as they take enemy fire 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 presidential elections. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Gett) |
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