LASHKARGAH (SW): Government forces have regain control over restive Musa Qala district in the southern Helmand province, officials told SW on Thursday.<\/p>\n
This northern district of Helmand was overrun by the Taliban a day earlier following days of intense fighting. The offices occupied by the Taliban include the District Police Headquarters, Public Hospital and the Provincial Administrations building.<\/p>\n
Talking to SW on telephone, Shah Mahmood Ashna, Spokesman for the Provincial Police Department in the provincial capital Lashkargah said a joint operation by the Afghan and NATO forces was launched this afternoon to regain the district.<\/p>\n
He added that the operation was still underway. Ashna asserted that the government forces have obtained full control over the state property captured by the militants a day earlier. Earlier this week, the Taliban launched a brazen attack on an Afghan National Army (ANA) check posts in the area that killed around 30 Afghan National Army (ANA) men.<\/p>\n
Umar Zwak, Spokesman for the Provincial Governor said about the fresh clashes that tens of Taliban have been killed. He confirmed the death of 5 Afghan National Police (ANP) men. Zwak added that 10 ANP men got injured while reclaiming the district.<\/p>\n
Separately, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said 26 armed rebels have been killed in ongoing operations across the country in the past 24 hours. The MoD said in a message that the operations were conducted in Musa Qala district of Helmand and various other districts of Ghazni, Paktiya, Uruzgan, Daikundi, Kandahar, Zabul, Badgais, Kunduz, Sar-i-Pul, Faryab, Jawzjan and Kabul provinces.<\/p>\n
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