LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Nineteen Taliban fighters have been killed and 25 others wounded during two days of clashes with security forces in the troubled Sangin district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday.
The clashes erupted on Monday morning when armed militants stormed security posts in various parts of the Sangin centre.
Col. Mohammad Rassoul Zazi, 215 Maiwand Military Corps spokesman in Helmand, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces had repulsed the Taliban attack in Sangin.
He said so far 19 rebels had been killed . . .
