Six NATO service members have died in Afghanistan's Helmand province in the last 24 hours. It comes as a joint NATO-Afghan offensive in the region intensifies.

A US marine general says his forces now have control of the main roads and markets in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah. But fighting is still raging in other parts of the town.

Al Jazeera's James Bays sat down with Mohammad Golab Mangal, the governor of Helmand province, to discuss the joint assault. He says that, so far, the operation has been a success.