[Iran Press TV] A series of Lion of Islam attacks have claimed the lives of dozens of soldiers and coppers across the southern province of Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
over the past three days.
Local Afghan officials said on Tuesday that at least 18 soldiers were killed during festivities with the Talibs in Sangin and Musa Qalah districts of the volatile province.
In another incident, at least 10 coppers bit the dust during a shootout with Taliban in Gereshk area, a road junction north of the district capital Lashkar Gah.
At least two more coppers were killed when gunnies clad in Afghan police uniform opened fire on them in Khan Nashin district on Monday night.
In the worst incident in Helmand on Sunday, a Lion of Islam attack on a checkpoint in the district center of Sangin killed seven soldiers and 15 coppers.