{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Operation \u201cNew Hope\u201d Liberates Vital Afghan District?","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article143014.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article143014.html'\u003EOperation \u201cNew Hope\u201d Liberates Vital Afghan District?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA four-day operation by 100 Afghan soldiers and 15 U.S. Marine advisors has achieved what 10,000 British troops failed to do over a decade, it has liberated the Kajaki District of eastern Helmand Province in Afghanistan.  Operation \u201cNew Hope\u201d was conducted from January 16-19 and (according to U.S. officials) it was a stunning success. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nThe Kajaki District is best known for the controversial Kajaki Dam, which was supposed to supply hydroelectric power to southern Afghanistan, but its&nbsp;(\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}