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A top US official says the foreign forces will expand their military operations in the war-torn Afghanistan.

“US forces along with our Afghan partners and the rest of the coalition that is there are trying to ensure that as we run up to the election, that Afghans are going to have the freedom of movement to go to the polling places and be able to cast their vote, and to do it in a secure and unfettered manner,” US Defense Department Spokesman Bryan Whitman claimed about the ongoing operation in the Nawzad District in the southern province of Helmand.

He added that more operations would follow the ongoing one in the area that would continue after next Thursday’s Afghan presidential election.

“These types of operations you are going to see continue up until the elections, and after the elections,” said Whitman. “This is a sustained effort that will be ongoing throughout the country.”

The operation in Nawzad involves 400 US troops and 100 Afghan soldiers, and is part of a larger operation called Eastern Resolve II, conducted by mostly US marines in Helmand.

However, Whitman elaborated on the huge task of securing and remaining in an area, calling it a core to success in operations in Afghanistan, a country with a widely dispersed population and large areas of rough terrain.

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