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| Villages In Helmand's Gereshk Fall To Taliban |
| 2016-01-17 |
| [Tolo News] The Talibs have captured several villages in Gereshk district of southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province. Muhammad Karim Atal, the chairman of Helmand Provincial Council, said: "We witnessed the collapse of a village in Gereshk two days ago. Unfortunately, Adam Khan village also fell to the Taliban last night." He said at least 14 Afghan troops have been killed and nine others maimed. Local residents voiced their concerns that prolonging the war in Gereshk will lead to civilian casualties. "We are concerned about prolonging the war and the Taliban have captured several villages during the fighting," said Muhammad Khan, a resident of Gereshk district. The Provincial Police Chief, Abdul Rahman Sarjang, however, said Afghan forces have the upper hand in the fighting. He added that 20 hard boyz have been killed and 15 others injured. "Our forces at a checkpoint in Adam Khan village fought for five days, after that their equipment was finished, they tactically retreated 1.5 kilometers back and now we are on the defensive," he said, adding the Taliban have sustained heavy casualties in the fighting. The fighting between Afghan cops and the Talibs started around six days ago, when a large group of Taliban hard boyz attacked several areas of the province and captured several villages. |
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