Taliban attempt to seize Capital of Helmand

[the_raven_group]

The Taliban yesterday attempted to seize Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand Province int he South of Afghanistan. Thsi was a bold move and well coordinated militarily with the attack being launched from three sides. Unfornately for the Taliban the Afgan National Army put up a hell of a fight and the British Brigade Headquarters based int he capital was quickly able to direct British Army Air Corps Apache attack helicopters to the scene with the result of a hundred Taliban killed.