The Islamists broke through the frontlines of Sangin on Sunday after days of pitched clashes with besieged Afghan forces, tightening their grip on the southern province of Helmand. On the same day Taliban fighters took nearly complete control of Sangin in Helmand province, a town that more than 100 British troops died to defend from 2006 to 2010.
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Stanikzai also admitted that the Afghan security forces facing serious challenges following the withdrawal of the coalition security forces as they face militant groups including Taliban and the newly emerged ISIS terrorists as well as the smugglers of opium and drugs.
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The US army conducted air strikes on Wednesday to support Afghan forces mobilizing reinforcements to relieve dozens of security forces holed up in the district center.
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Security has worsened across the country as the Taliban test the mettle of Afghan security forces following the end of the worldwide combat mission previous year.
A Taliban statement said that before “interfering” in Afghanistan, Britain should have “studied their ancestor’s history, to learn from it”.
The troops, the British Ministry of Defence said in a statement, were “part of the UK’s ongoing contribution to NATO’s Resolute Support Mission”, the training, advisory, assistance and counterterror mission in Afghanistan.
Keeping control of the centre of Sangin will not be easy for the Taliban, but resentment of government troops is high following military operations which locals say wrought unwarranted destruction.
After the Taliban’s September capture of Kunduz, Russia reinforced its 201st Motorized Rifle Division military base in Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic that borders Afghanistan, sending attack helicopters in what was widely seen as a response to the resurgence of the Taliban in a city less than 5 miles from the border with Tajikistan. News storiesdisplayed here appear in our category for global and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.comand The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
Afghan forces have struggled to contain the insurgency since overseas troops stood down combat operations a year ago.
Districts across Helmand have been threatened by the Taliban in recent months.
Taliban militants have been tightening noose to overrun Sangin district and cut the supply line for troops in provincial capital Lashkar Gah, 555 km south of the national capital Kabul.
“The problem is where the Afghan forces have to fend for themselves”, he said.
The expected winter lull in fighting has not yet taken place in the warmer southern provinces.
The Taliban announced last week that they would send “special forces” to fight the Islamic State. His deputy, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, succeeded him, causing internal ructions and delaying the likelihood that a peace dialogue with the Afghan government, halted after the announcement of Mullah Omar’s death, will restart in the foreseeable future.
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Afghan security forces patrol the Nad Ali district of Helmadn province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015.
