Taliban Shadow Goveor, Military Head Killed in Helmand Drone Strike

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The Taliban's shadow goveor and the military head for Nad Ali district in southe Helmand were killed in a foreign troops drone strike late Monday, local officials said.

The air strike took place on Nadi Ali while Abdul Rahim, also known as Mullah Manan, the shadow Taliban goveor for Helmand and Mustaqim, the group's military head for the district, were planning to seize the district, a spokesman for the provincial goveor, Omar Zwak, said.

Heavy clashes are still ongoing in Nad Ali, and have been for four days, in which dozens of families have been displaced.

"Twenty two other insurgents were also killed in the past four days in the ongoing clashes and 29 others were injured. Four security force members were killed and 15 others were injured in the clash," Zwak said, adding that currently the clashes are close to the district goveor's compound.

On Monday, Hayatullah Hayat, the provincial goveor, said that more than 600 reinforcement troops have been deployed to Nad Ali and a military operation will be launched soon to clear the insurgents.

But local officials confirmed that the Taliban insurgents are still advancing in the battle and have taken most parts of Nad Ali from local security forces.

The officials also confirmed that the Taliban attacked a number of civilian houses and torched houses and schools in Nad Ali.

Helmand has witnessed heavy clashes in the past six months in different parts of the province especially in Nad Ali, Sangin, Musa Qala, Nawa and Nahr-e-Saraj districts.

A number of U.S troops were also placed in Helmand to advise local security forces in their battle with insurgents and to launch special operations in the province.

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