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Afghanistan
Clashes underway in Helmand’s Khanshin amid reports of district fall
2016-10-05
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Heavy festivities are underway in Khanshin district of southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province amid reports the control of the district has fallen to the Taliban Death Eaters.

A local official in Khanshin said the Taliban bully boyz have captured some parts of the district during the festivities in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

A provincial council official also confirmed that most parts of the district have fallen to the control fo the Taliban Death Eaters.

The official further added that the Taliban bully boyz are close to capture the control of the district administrative compound.

The Taliban bully boyz launched a similar attack on Khanshin district late in the month of July this year which forced the Afghan forces to deploy more forces to repulse the Taliban attack.

The Taliban bully boyz have long been attempting to seize full control of Helmand province as the Afghan officials are saying that the group is attempting to turn the province into its strategic compound.

The officials were earlier saying that the Taliban group is looking to shift the group’s leadership currently based in Quetta city of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province of Pakistain.

The Afghan officials have long been criticizing Pakistain for allowing the Afghan Death Eater groups, including the notorious Haqqani terrorist network to use its soil for plotting and coordinating attacks in Afghanistan.

According to the Afghan officials, the leadership councils of both the Taliban and the Haqqani network are based in Quetta and Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
cities of Pakistain.

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Members of Helmand provincial council on Tuesday voiced concern over the fall of Khanshin district to the Taliban, terming it the fall of the entire province.

Local officials earlier confirmed the fall of the district to the Taliban and said that security forces have been evacuated from the district and dispatched to other volatile regions in the province.

"Provincial leaders decided to withdraw security forces from Khanshin and deploy them in areas which are important, the Taliban entered the district after the pullout of the security forces," said Omar Zuwak, spokesman for Helmand governor.

Helmand provincial council has said that the fall of Khanshin could have implications on the security of Helmand.

"The fall of Khanshin district is quite dangerous, Taliban are able to regroup from this district," said a member of the provincial council Majid Akhundzada.

"We do not understand why the local officials decided this, this is quite dangerous and we don't understand what will happen next," said Baryalai Nazari, member of Helmand provincial council.

"Lashkargah city faced fierce fighting last night, both the security forces and the Taliban suffered casualties during the battles," a resident of Lashkargah Niaz Gul said.

In addition residents in Helmand have raised concerns over the growing battles in suburbs of provincial capital Lashkargah.

This comes after the Taliban ambushed police officers near Lashkargah on Monday night, killing at least 10 and wounding many others.
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