Fighting has "dropped off to virtually nothing" in the Sangin district of Afghanistan, where two-dozen Marines from Camp Pendleton were killed and more than 140 wounded in the fall and early winter, the top Marine general in Afghanistan told reporters Thursday.
After weeks of fighting with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment from Camp Pendleton, those insurgents who survived have either fled or gone into hiding, Maj. Gen. Richard Mills told a group of San Diego reporters via teleconference.
Some have gone north into a mountainous area, with Marines in pursuit, he said.
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