In this image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, Friday July 30, 2010, A British soldier of the 1st Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, keeps watch with a General Purpose Machine Gun, from a newly-occupied compound in Sayedebad, Afghanistan. British and Afghan troops launched a new offensive in the Sayedebad area of Helmand to try to deny insurgents a base from which to launch attacks in Nad Ali and Marjah, accordinmg to an announcement by the British military. Coalition and Afghan troops have been seeking to solidify control of Marjah after overrunning the poppy-farming community five months ago. AP Photo logo AP Photo 18 months ago

In this image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, Friday July 30, 2010, A British soldier of the 1st Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, keeps watch with a General Purpose Machine Gun, from a newly-occupied compound in Sayedebad, Afghanistan. British and Afghan troops launched a new offensive in the Sayedebad area of Helmand to try to deny insurgents a base from which to launch attacks in Nad Ali and Marjah, accordinmg to an announcement by the British military. Coalition and Afghan troops have been seeking to solidify control of Marjah after overrunning the poppy-farming community five months ago.

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