AP: U.S. Troops Begin Afghan Offensive (AP)

[News Manager]

AP - U.S. Marines and Afghan troops launched an offensive Saturday to take a remote mountain valley from insurgents tied to the deadliest blow on American forces since the Taliban regime was ousted nearly four years ago.</p><br clear=all>

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050813/ap_on_re_as/afghan_us_offensive]Read more...[/url]