The besieged collection of Afghan soldiers and police had little choice, they could surrender to the Taliban fighters who had swept into Sangin days earlier, or they would soon be killed.
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In addition, Sangin is strategically important because it connects the Helmand capital of Lashkar Gah to districts in the north. Thus, if the Taliban controls Sangin, supply routes will be smooth for th Talibans in the North.
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“The military is in position and the operation is ongoing”, Stanekzai told a news conference in Kabul, adding that reinforcements would relieve troops in Sangin.
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The Taliban spokesman for southern Afghanistan, Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, claimed on Twitter that “Sangin district has completely collapsed to the Taliban” and that they had captured Afghan soldiers and ammunition. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation said that they had not conducted any airstrikes in Sangin but the Afghan air force probably had.
Details of the grim conditions for government troops pinned down in central Sangin emerged on Wednesday night as the embattled security forces struggled to maintain their last foothold in the Helmand town which came to symbolise Britain’s bloody struggle in Afghanistan.
The unrest in Helmand, blighted by a huge opium harvest that helps fund the insurgency, comes after the Taliban briefly captured Kunduz city in September – their biggest victory in 14 years of war.
The Taliban statement listed barriers to peace negotiations, including United Nations sanctions on individual Taliban figures which were extended this week, and the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan, with specific mention of the British troops that arrived in Helmand on Wednesday to provide support for Afghan forces battling in Sangin.
About 65% of Helmand Province is now under Taliban control.
“They recaptured the district and police headquarters and the wounded were evacuated”.
(Vatican Radio) Reports characterized as “grim” and “desperate” are being used in reference to a Taliban takeover of the Sangin district of Afghanistan.
According to eyewitnesses, some government forces were still fighting in the district centre but are cut off.
“We need help, we can’t hold them for much longer”, he said.
Sangin district had been besieged by the insurgents for weeks before an uptick in the ferocity of the fight this week sparked concerns it could fall to Taliban control.
Defence select committee chairman Julian Lewis said British forces must be able to respond more flexibly to extremists in Afghanistan as well as in Iraq and Syria. But it is not the only province where the Taliban have made gains.
District governor Asif Nang rejected the claim as “baseless”.
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The ministry named the dead commander as Mullah Nasir, a confidant of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour.
