US unleashes 'Avalanche' in Afghanistan
The United States military says it has launched its biggest-ever ground offensive in Afghanistan.
It involves 2,000 troops as well as soldiers from the Afghan army.
Many areas of Afghanistan have become too dangerous for aid workers.
A coalition spokesman says four American infantry battalions and troops from the Afghan national army are involved in Operation Avalanche.
[Nothing to do with protection of this season's huge opium poppy crop, of course.]
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