Afghan Military Claims at Least 60 Taliban Killed in Helmand Attacks
Details are emerging on a major Afghan military attack on the Helmand
Province over the weekend, an offensive which hit the outskirts of the
contested provincial capital, and killed a number of Taliban.
The
Afghan military claimed that at least 60 Taliban were killed in the
attacks, including Mullah Saffiullah, the Shadow Governor of Sangin
District, and Taliban commander Abdul Salaam.
The death of the
shadow governor had been confirmed in other media reports of the
fighting. The claim of 60 killed remains unconfirmed, with other reports
putting the overall death toll around 11.
Helmand
is a valuable province, at the center of Afghanistan’s opium trade, and
a lot of fighting has been ongoing in Sangin District. Along with
neighboring Kandahar, this is the part of Afghanistan the Taliban most
often contests and controls.
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