KABUL:A Fierce fight between Taliban and ally forces is being carried out for Helmand province in Afghanistan.
Bagram District Governor Abdul Shukur Qudusi has confirmed that at least five shoulders have been killed in a suicide attack on joint US-Afghanistan patrol party near the airbase.
While Taliban spokesperson claimed responsibility and said that 19 U.S. soldiers had been killed and a number wounded in the attack. NATO headquarters in Kabul confirmed there had been a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack near Bagram Air Base and said it was under investigation.
The police chief of Parwan province said three Afghan police had been wounded in the attack. He said he was not authorized to give details on foreign troop casualties.
The Sangin district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province has fallen to the Taliban just a day after Helmand’s deputy governor used Facebook to plead with the Afghan president for help in holding off the group. Sangin fell to the Taliban after hours of fierce clashes that killed more than 90 soldiers in two days, an Afghan police spokesperson said.
