About 1,000 Western troops remain in the area, military officials said.
Fighting continued throughout the day, the troops remaining in position during the night.
Business owners began to return, although troops remained until June 4.
Today, the cost is closer to $1.5 billion, as more than 2,000 troops, who were supposed to leave after six months, remain on the island.
What better way to insure the troops remain than to make them responsible for the peace?
He also said that the troops would remain in place until the militants inside were captured.
How many troops will remain out there on Nato missions?
But he warned that if the troops remain war was inevitable.
Two troops and headquarters remain now here at my house.
After the war, Canadian troops remained for three years as military observers.