{"id":2117,"date":"2015-12-21T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2117-taliban-terrorists-seize-district-in-southern-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2015-12-21T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T15:50:13","slug":"taliban-terrorists-seize-district-in-southern-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2117-taliban-terrorists-seize-district-in-southern-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban terrorists seize district in southern Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">according to some reports,\u00a0taken control of a district in Afghanistan\u2019s<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">Terrorists have, according to some reports,\u00a0taken control of a district in Afghanistan\u2019s southern province of Helmand.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">A provincial police source said Taliban terrorists overran Sangin district on Sunday afternoon, and captured the government building as well as the police headquarters there.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">The source added that nearly 150 policemen have withdrawn from the two buildings and moved to a nearby area. The Taliban terrorists have reportedly surrounded the security personnel, and are tightening the noose around them.\u00a0The official further warned that the besieged policemen would be killed unless urgent air support is dispatched to the area.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">Afghan security forces reportedly retreated because they had been under siege in the district center for several days without food or ammunition supplies.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, elsewhere in the country,\u00a0Afghan army troopers backed by security forces have killed more than 60 Taliban terrorists and wounded nearly three dozen others in a series of clean-up operations.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>according to some reports,\u00a0taken control of a district in Afghanistan\u2019s \u00a0 Terrorists have, according to some reports,\u00a0taken control of a district in Afghanistan\u2019s southern province of Helmand. A provincial police source said Taliban terrorists overran Sangin district on Sunday afternoon, and captured the government building as well as the police headquarters there. 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