02/15/2010 15:51
Bbc
Thousands of troops are advancing carefully, a day after swooping on Marjah and Nad Ali in Helmand province.In the operation's first known civilian deaths, Nato said rockets aimed at insurgents missed their target and hit a house, killing 12 people.
A third Nato death related to Operation Moshtarak has also been confirmed.
American-led Operation Moshtarak - meaning "together" in the Dari language - is the biggest attack since the Taliban fell in 2001.





