The British and American government are once again putting boots on the ground in Afghanistan’s notorious Helmand province as the Afghan army struggles to contain a resurgent Taliban.
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He said the operation was launched late on Wednesday night and a key Taliban commander was killed during the operation.
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Gauthier said press freedom in China was “in great danger” and it was not just the global media that were being repressed. Knife-wielding assailants killed 29 people at a train station in the southern city of Kunming in March previous year .
Government reinforcements dispatched by the Kabul government are still trying to negotiate their way through deadly belts of homemade bombs to relieve the remaining pockets of troops running low on food and ammunition.
Taliban fighters captures more ground in Helmand, Afghanistan
Please see our terms of service for more information. “There is no proper coordination and management or hierarchy in the ranks”. Recent Taliban gains in Helmand Province have come in spite of an apparent significant numerical advantage among Afghan forces .
The move came after insurgents overran Sangin, taking control of most of the district and surrounding Afghan government forces.
Fleeing residents reported Taliban executions of captured soldiers as the insurgents advanced on the district centre, compounding fears that the entire province was on the brink of a security collapse.
On Wednesday, Afghan Minister of Defense Masoom Stanikzai said that foreign militants are mainly fighting Afghan security forces in Helmand province.
“In total the United Kingdom has around 450 troops in Afghanistan mentoring and supporting the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces and the Afghan Security Ministries”.
It saw the heaviest British losses as more than 100 troops were killed in the decade-long battle to secure the Helmand province district.
The interior ministry also said that security forces had killed a senior Taliban commander it identified as Mullah Nasir.
FILE – In this Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan.
“We already said that our forces are weak and need backup but because we have no communication with our forces, we don’t know whether the Taliban have captured Sangin or not”, he said.
Other reports suggested that government forces were still fighting in the centre of Sangin but were cut off from any help.
The contingent, which an Afghan official said includes around 90 people, is on an “advisory” mission with London insisting they will not engage in combat.
Political analyst Waheed Muzhda, formerly an official in the Taliban’s 1996-2001 administration, said the Taliban needed to sort out its leadership problems before it started talking about the peace process. “How many jets did they have, how many helicopters and how many do we have today?”
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf said the siege continued “and the government will soon announce their defeat”. The U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have around 13,000 troops in the country, majority operating under a training mandate.
“The Helmand battle is not easy because the province has a long border, is a core of opium production, and our enemies are well-equipped and deeply involved in the smuggling of drugs”, he said.
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