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Afghan government raises its flag in Marja, symbolically taking control

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Reporting from Camp Geronimo, Afghanistan – The Afghan government laid symbolic claim to the former Taliban stronghold of Marja on Thursday with a flag-raising ceremony and the formal installation of a new civilian administration.

Both Afghan and Western military officials, though, said the campaign to secure the southern Afghanistan town would go on for weeks longer.

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