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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.
Last week, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said the US would reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 down to 2,500 by year's end. O'Brien added that the drawdown would take place, regardless of the conditions on the ground. But on Sunday, America's most senior general publicly pushed back at O'Brien's remarks, calling them 'speculation.' Robert O'Brien, or anyone else, can speculate as they see fit, I am not going to engage in speculation, I'm going to engage in the rigorous analysis of the situation based on the conditions and the plans that I'm aware of in my conversations with the President. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley The mixed messages from the Pentagon and the White House come as the Taliban launched a major military offensive against the Afghan government. The attack prompted US military aircraft to carry out a series of airstrikes against Taliban fighters in recent days.
Kabul, Feb 15 (EFE).- At least eight civilians, including a child, have been killed in an airstrike that targeted Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, government officials said on Saturday, amid a breakthrough in peace talks between the United States and the insurgent group.The air raid was carried out on Friday afternoon in the eastern province of Nangarhar. (Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE AFTERMATH OF THE AIR RAID IN NANGARHAR, 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.
Ukrainian and Russian military drills underway, and pressure mounts on a fragile ceasefire after Ukraine's military said two servicemen were killed in rebel attacks. Gavino Garay reports.
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