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Via AFP:
Afghan security forces on Saturday claimed victory against a Taliban offensive in the country’s volatile Helmand province after days of fighting seen as a test for the country’s security forces as NATO-led troops pull out.
The Taliban’s onslaught in Helmand began on June 19 when at least 800 fighters launched the offensive centred in Sangin district, a hotbed of opium production and intense fighting during the 13-year insurgency.
“The Taliban offensive has been beaten back, their plan to gain territory and capture districts have totally been foiled. Some 260 of the terrorists have been killed”, Afghanistan’s interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told AFP.
Sediqqi also said that 28 Afghan forces were killed in the fighting.