u.s. troops. and by doing so, they did have retaliation fire, as well, injuring these two civilians who were later medivacked. also stating there are more taliban fighters waiting for the marines, the afghan troops, and the nato forces and there are ieds planted throughout the farms as well as inside the city itself. t.j.? >> atia, had how would you describe or how would the military describe the level of resistance they are seeing from the taliban that decided to just hunker down there and not leave the city? >> well, right now they're seeing resistance. but the question that remains is that how much more resistance will they see? are the taliban just assessing the situation? and will they have a stronger attack later? what we notice in the past when it comes to taliban in different parts of afghanistan is the nato forces come in.