Lemm was a 15-year-old veteran of the New York Police Department and worked in the Bronx Warrant Squad.
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Sangin district is the former centre of operations for global forces in Afghanistan.
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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in statement called the attack “a painful reminder of the dangers our troops face every day in Afghanistan”.
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So deadly was the threat from the latter that troops would take metal detectors on patrols, and walk through streams and ditches rather than using paths.
Following the invasion, the US-led coalition forces formed the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), created to hit back against the Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents, who proved extremely strong opposition, with unique knowledge of the landscape – both socially and geographically.
“I would not advise combat forces because I think the Afghan forces have really proven that they can do the fight but they don’t have the capabilities”.
Britain has sent military personnel to the southern Afghan province of Helmand following reports the district of Sangin had largely fallen to the Taliban.
Afghan national army soldiers are now holding out from inside Sangin’s besieged police station after militants seized other government buildings.
“We had to take to social media to reach you as Helmand is falling into the hands of the enemy and it requires your immediate attention”, he wrote in his Facebook post.
Afghan forces “need to strengthen their capacity and improve coordination”, Sediq Sediqqi, the ministry’s spokesman told reporters. The lush southern province is home to endless poppy fields and the source of much of the world’s opium, which helps fund the insurgency.
British troops have been redeployed to Helmand province after Afghan government forces suffered a defeat to the Taliban.
The United Kingdom now has 450 troops in Afghanistan as part of Nato’s training mission.Fighting was still underway Tuesday in Helmand.
This fall, it took local forces several weeks to reclaim Kunduz, a major city that was overrun by Taliban forces.
More than 100 British soldiers lost their lives between 2006 and 2010 in the battle for control of Sangin, and it is now once again a scene of conflict.
In recent months, Afghan security forces have been overwhelmed by a series of militant offensives revealing the government’s vulnerability when it doesn’t have substantial foreign firepower to support it. A Pentagon report released this month found that insurgents are improving their ability to “find and exploit” Afghan government vulnerabilities.
Helmand is a strategic province.
Army and police units have complained of being left without adequate supplies and reinforcements as the Taliban seized three districts and threatened other centers including the provincial capital, Laskar Gah.
Three senior Taliban members, two based in Pakistan and one in Qatar, said Islamabad had asked insurgent leaders to take part in the talks, although with the leadership issue unresolved, none believed negotiations would lead anywhere.
Atal said more than 2,000 security forces personnel had been killed fighting in Helmand in 2015.
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However, he said he does not believe more combat forces are needed – what is needed is support. “We carried out some operations there last night as well”, Rahimi said.
