Two U.S. troops and an Afghan were also wounded when the bomber drove his explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol.
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The Afghan Ministry of Interior confirmed Tuesday that British troops had arrived at Camp Shorabak, formally the U.S. Marines’ Camp Leatherneck and next door to the camp that was occupied by British forces until the worldwide combat mission ended previous year. The military has yet to release details of the incident but members of the Taliban told the Daily Beast they lured the troops outside the base to launch the attack.
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Two other US service members, and a local interpreter, were hurt.
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“On behalf of Gen. (John) Campbell and all of Resolute Support, our heartfelt sympathies go out to the family and friends of those affected by this tragic incident, especially during the holiday season”, Resolute Support spokesman Brig.
Lemm played on the Beemer High School football team and graduated in 1989, said his mother, Shirley Lemm, who lives in Beemer. On Aug. 22, three American contractors with the RS base were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul.
The defense secretary noted that on each stop of his visit last week to Afghanistan – which included stops on Bagram and Forward Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad – he saw US and Afghan troops working side-by-side. They have a mandate to “train, assist and advise” their Afghan counterparts, who are now effectively fighting a battle-hardened Taliban alone.
All but two of Helmand’s 14 districts are effectively controlled or heavily contested by Taliban insurgents, officials said.
In a highly unusual Facebook post Sunday, Helmand’s deputy governor desperately pleaded with Ghani for assistance, warning that the entire province was at risk of falling to the Taliban.
Capt. Matthew D. Roland, 27; and Staff Sgt. Forrest B. Sibley, 31, died on August 26 after being wounded by men in Afghan security forces uniforms while at a vehicle checkpoint at Camp Antonik in Helmand Province.
The reinforcements come as Sangin, a fierce Taliban stronghold for years, appeared close to a takeover by the Taliban after weeks of heavy fighting.
The British have lost more than 100 of their 456 fatalities in Afghanistan in the district.
The Taliban has been gaining strength ever since the end of the US combat mission and ensuing drawdown.
Helmand is important to the Taliban.
Qader said he fled to the Helmand provincial capital Lashkar Gah after a mortar bomb landed on his house, wounding his infant son and daughter.
A resident who fled Sangin told AFP that insurgents had publicly executed at least three security officials after storming government buildings.
He told BBC Radio 4’s World At One: “What we ought to be doing in all these countries is having a flexible force which can swoop in and swoop out again, a mixture of special forces supported by air power in support of friendly ground forces where they exist”.
Gen. Keith Givens, OSI commander, said on Tuesday.
Afghan officials have not responded to repeated calls from CNN to explain the situation.
‘She was one of the most friendly and laid-back people you could ever hope to meet and was an accomplished airman, a great athlete, and most of all, a wonderful mom.
Now, people are starting to believe the Taliban are indeed stronger than the government.
Rather, they said, they were grateful for what she did to bring change, and mourned the loss of a comrade.
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Military advisers from Britain have joined other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation advisers in Helmand to help Afghan forces who have struggled to contain the insurgency since foreign troops withdrew from combat operations previous year.
