Taliban ammunition 'running low'
Source: BBC News Troops are due to push into south-west Marjah in the coming days Taliban militants battling coalition troops in Marjah, Afghanistan, are running out of ammunition, Nato officials say. A BBC correspondent in Kandahar says that from eavesdropping on Taliban communications, Nato understands militants have called for support. On Wednesday, an Afghan general said Taliban fighters were increasingly using civilians as "human shields". The Afghan-Nato offensive in Helmand province is now in its sixth day. Operation Moshtarak, meaning "together" in the Dari language, is the biggest coalition offensive since the Taliban fell in 2001. Nato officers told BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner in Kandahar that the resistance they were currently encountering was coming from small, disjointed but determined groups of fighters. Protecting Marjah In the next few days, US Marines and Afghan government troops are due to push into sout