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US marines land near Kandahar: Report

Quoting Pentagon officials, ABC News said on Sunday that United States marines have landed near Kandahar.

The channel also said that the total number of US marines on the ground would go up to 1,200 to 1,600 soldiers within a day.

"Their first job will be to secure the airport near Kandahar, and then their primary goal will be to attack Taleban targets," the report said.

The marines are from two amphibious ready groups that were floating in the Arabian Sea until Sunday, ABC reported.

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