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Afghan forces are battling Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province after reinforcements and NATO military advisers were rushed in to try to stop another district falling into insurgent hands. Nathan Frandino reports.
Helmand, May 5 (EFE/EPA).- At least 106 Taliban fighters were killed and another 37 injured over the last 24 hours in a counterattack by the security forces in Afghanistan's southwestern Helmand province in response to an ongoing large-scale attack by the insurgents since the weekend. The Taliban have significantly ramped up attacks across the country immediately after the United States and NATO forces began the last phase of their pull out of the country on May 1. (Camera: WATAN YAR).SHOT LIST: CITIZENS LEAVE THE CITY OF HELMAND AFTER ONGOING ATTACKS BY INSURGENTS IN HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN.
Afghan troops battle against shortages of supplies and reinforcements as well as the enemy in their fight to repel the Taliban in Helmand. Paul Chapman reports.
Kabul, Aug 15 (EFE).- Three more provincial capitals of Afghanistan -- the cities of Jalalabad, Gardiz and Nilli -- fell to the Taliban in recent hours without a fight, officials told EFE on Sunday. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE AFTERMATH OF A TALIBAN ATTAACK NEAR THE PARLIAMENT IN KABUL AND OF TALIBAN INSURGENTS IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN.
Afghan and Taliban security forces engage in intense fightingHerat (Afghanistan), Aug 3 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Jalil Rezayee) Afghan security forces and the Taliban have engaged in intense fighting in the last 24 hours in at least eleven of the 34 Afghan provinces, with about 400 insurgents killed and thousands of civilians forced to flee their homes.