Taliban Kills Dozens of Afghan Forces in Helmand

Local Editor

A series of terrorist attacks claimed the lives of dozens of soldiers and policemen across the southern province of Helmand over the past three days.

Local Afghan officials said on Tuesday that at least 18 soldiers were killed during clashes with the Taliban militants in Sangin and Musa Qalah districts of the volatile province.

In another incident, at least 10 policemen lost their lives during a gun battle with Taliban in Gereshk area, a road junction north of the district capital Lashkar Gah.
At least two more policemen were killed when armed men clad in Afghan police uniform opened fire on them in Khan Nashin district on Monday night.

In the worst incident in Helmand on Sunday, a militant attack on a checkpoint in the district center of Sangin killed seven soldiers and 15 policemen.

Hundreds of afghan security personnel remained surrounded in various districts of the troubled province.

Meanwhile, Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing war across the country.

The United Nations said in a recent report that Afghan civilian causalities surpassed 11,000 in 2015.

Afghanistan is gripped by insecurity more than 14 years after the United States and its allies invaded the country as part of Washington's so-called war on terror. The 2001 invasion removed the Taliban from power, but many areas across the country still face violence and insecurity.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team