The massive Coalition assault on Musa Qala, dubbed Operation Mar Kardad (Snake Pit), scored its first series of casualties against the swarm of Taliban and foreign fighters entrenched in the city center. A targeted air strike killed a local commander known to be involved in arm and drug trafficking along with several of his aids, according to a US military statement. The three pronged assault on the city’s outskirts was launched yesterday with thousands of Afghan army and British troops along with US, Danish and Estonian forces taking part in the operation.Local Taliban commanders have previouslyclaimed having nearly 2,000...