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about conducting both lethal and nonlethal missions to break the insurgent's grip on the province. The missions were conducted under three main operations – "To the River", "To the Core" and "To the Summit", which maintained continuous pressure on the enemy, eventually driving them out of their place of inception. In doing so, the
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