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| Afghanistan |
| Helmand Operation Continues Amid Ongoing Battles |
| 2016-08-21 |
| Reporting from the volatile southern province of Helmand, TOLOnews reporter Karim Amini said Saturday that military operations against insurgents are moving forward slowly on the outskirts of the provincial capital Lashkargah. He said operations were also still underway in a number of districts in the province including Nad Ali and Marjah. A key area of concern has also been the Kandahar-Helmand highway which has been under siege by the Taliban for a few weeks. However security forces continue their operation to clear the route of insurgents in their bid to reopen the key artery to the public. In the past three weeks heavy battles have been ongoing in Helmand between security forces and Taliban – with security forces making sure they hold the insurgents back from Lashkargah, the provincial capital. As a result of the ongoing clashes, more than four thousand people have fled their homes and made their way to Lashkargah. One displaced resident, Zaman, said: "I came from Nawa district and there was a battle. Our children are still there; no body from government has helped us. Half my family is here and the other half is stuck there and all my belongings were left behind. Now we are living here with nothing." One elderly woman, who fled with her family to Lashkargah, said they are all living in one room without anything, not even a carpet. "I escaped with only the clothes I was wearing," said Faizullah. |
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