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| U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Taliban grab district |
| 2015-08-27 |
| [REUTERS] Taliban fighters seized a district headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province on Monday despite repeated U.S. air strikes to repel them, adding to the Death Eaters' recent advances in a heavily fought over region of opium farms and trade routes. Elsewhere in Helmand, a man in Afghan uniform opened fire in the former British base of Camp Bastion, killing two U.S. service personnel, before being shot and maimed. Another man in Afghan uniform was maimed in the return fire. It was the second incident this year involving Afghan troops, or people wearing Afghan uniforms, shooting at foreign soldiers. No group has claimed the attack. Pentagon front man Captain Jeff Davis said the attacker opened fire on the vehicle in which the Americans were traveling. He gave no more details. An Afghan regional official said the incident involved Afghan special forces firing on allies at the former Camp Bastion, which was handed over to Afghan forces last year. Helmand's Musa Qala district fell after the Taliban overran police and army posts to retake a district straddling smuggling routes that was wrenched from them by British and Afghan troops eight years ago. U.S. warplanes have been bombarding Musa Qala since the weekend, killing up to 40 holy warriors, with two new air strikes on Tuesday. But they regrouped, chasing the district government out of town and confiscating weapons in what a front man for Afghanistan's 215th Maiwand Corps called a "tactical retreat" to protect civilians. Coalition military advisors have recently been working with the 215th Corps, which based in Helmand capital Lashkar Gah. "Afghan special forces, police and commandos have been deployed to Helmand in order to retake Musa Qala district. Foreign air strikes are backing our forces," said Dawlat Waziri, a front man for the defense ministry. |
| Posted by:Fred |