Fighting around the town escalated this week and by Wednesday, December 23, the militants said they had captured all of Sangin, pinning down government troops in an army barracks.
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Afghan forces scrambled on Thursday to beat back the Taliban from Sangin as the insurgents claimed to have captured almost the entire opium-rich district, following the first British deployment to the volatile region in 14 months.
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Afghan special forces are engaged in intense battle with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s strategic Sangin district. “We hope they will make further progress today”. “They are not deployed in a combat role and will not deploy outside the camp”, the statement said.
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This September, Taliban fighters started fierce battles with government troops, to retake control of the northern city Kunduz.
Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif will visit Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with top Afghan civil and military leaders, the military said on Friday. Please see our terms of service for more information. “There is no proper coordination and management or hierarchy in the ranks”. They’ve gone through a major leadership crisis.
In the year since the global drawdown, the Taliban insurgency has intensified.
“If their demands are not met in appointing a police or army officials in this or that province, they create problems for the respective ministers”, said a government minister, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Recent Taliban gains in Helmand Province have come in spite of an apparent significant numerical advantage among Afghan forces.
Instead, insurgent advances have shown how much remains to be done.
Afghan planes also struck Taliban strongholds in Sangin, killing 25 insurgents and wounding another 12, said the Afghan army spokesman in Helmand, Guam Rasoul Zazai.
Rasolyaar mentioned Sangin district in his message, saying its main bazaar and the government office were under heavy attack by the Taliban.
In order to support the local forces, the UK Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday that British troops had been sent to the province after the Afghan Defense Minister requested worldwide support and air cover. Deserters who are not reported so that officials can pocket their salaries. But at least two air strikes have been carried out this week.
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“US forces conducted two strikes in Sangin”, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation spokesman said in a brief statement. By contrast, Afghan forces now had just one balloon in the whole province, despite pleas for help.
