In last five days of fighting left about 40 civilians dead
Afghan policemen load the dead bodies of civilians who were killed in a bombing into the bed of a pickup truck in Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. (Photo: AP)
Kandahar: More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain territory recently vacated by US troops, officials said on Wednesday, as five days of fighting left about 40 civilians dead.
"About 800 fighters started to storm four districts of Helmand last Thursday night," Helmand provincial governor spokesman Omar Zwak told AFP.
"At least 21 Afghan forces have died and close to 40 civilians were killed."
( Source : AFP )
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