{"id":423,"date":"2010-02-12T16:29:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T00:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/?p=423"},"modified":"2010-07-06T11:42:08","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T18:42:08","slug":"operation-moshtarak-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/operation-moshtarak-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Moshtarak – Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated\u00a012 Mar\u00a010<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S., Afghan and NATO Forces Begin Offensive Against Taliban<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– FoxNews<\/em> – 12 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

“…The objective of Operation Moshtarak, which means ‘together’ in Dari, is to secure the region from narcoterrism and establish basic services under supervision of the Afghan government, a senior defense official told Fox. To do that, Afghan and NATO forces need to defeat the remaining insurgents and drastically reduce the number of heroin producing crops that fund the Taliban. U.S. commanders are confident they’ll win the fight, but removing the poppy will prove harder than the battle…”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clearing Operations Begin in Central Helmand<\/strong><\/a> – DoD<\/em> – 13 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S., Afghan and NATO Forces Begin Offensive Against Taliban<\/strong><\/a> – FoxNews<\/em> – 13 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slide show: <\/strong>U.S., Afghan Forces Storm Taliban Stronghold<\/strong><\/a> – FoxNews<\/em> – 13 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taliban Sniper Teams Attack U.S., Afghan Troops<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– FoxNews<\/em> – 15 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Army Aviation Plays Key \u2018Moshtarak\u2019 Role<\/strong><\/a> – DoD<\/em> – 17 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forces adjust to unusual Taliban tactics<\/strong><\/a> – ArmyTimes<\/em> – 17 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Op-Ed: <\/strong>Empty Skies Over Afghanistan<\/strong><\/a> – New York Times<\/em> – 18 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

McChrystal Apologizes to Afghans for Civilian Deaths<\/strong><\/a> – FoxNews<\/em> – 23 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marja Operations Move Toward \u2018Holding\u2019 Phase<\/strong><\/a> – DoD<\/em> – 25 Feb 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marja Clearing Phase Nears Completion<\/strong><\/a> – DoD<\/em> – 2 Mar 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Marja, \u2018Kandahar Will be Next,\u2019 Mullen Says<\/strong><\/a> – DoD<\/em> – 4 Mar 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

EDITORIAL: Ready, aim, hold your fire<\/strong><\/a> – The Washington Times<\/em> – 6 Mar 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

McChrystal Details Lessons of Marja Offensive<\/strong><\/a> – DoD<\/em> – 8 Mar 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marjah Battle Yields Lessons for Future<\/strong><\/a> – Military.com<\/em> – 12 Mar 10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Updated\u00a012 Mar\u00a010: U.S., Afghan and NATO Forces Begin Offensive Against Taliban\u00a0– FoxNews – 12 Feb 10 “…The objective of Operation Moshtarak, which means ‘together’ in Dari, is to secure the region from narcoterrism and establish basic services under supervision of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-afghanistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":604,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}