U.S. Marines begin operations in quake-struck Nepal

By Frank Jack Daniel and Andrew R.C. Marshall KATHMANDU (Reuters) – U.S. military aircraft, heavy equipment and air traffic controllers will start arriving in Nepal from Saturday as part of a U.S. relief operation following the devastating earthquake, a senior U.S. officer said. Brigadier General Paul Kennedy of the U.S. Marine Corps told Reuters the six military aircraft, including two helicopters, will arrive from Saturday, accompanied by 100 marines and lifting equipment under an agreement reached with Nepal’s government earlier in the week. The U.S. military would help manage the growing piles of relief supplies clogging Nepal’s only international airport, located in Kathmandu, which has struggled to distribute all the aid arriving from around the world since the earthquake.
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