The Washington Post: Barely a year after the last American advisors departed, Sangin, a rural district in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, is reportedly on the edge of falling to the Taliban, the last police there under siege in what used to be NATO’s Forward Operating Base Jackson. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Some reports indicate the Taliban has seized control of several parts of Helmand province. Security forces battling the Taliban on the front line have said that the Taliban has forced residents in Marjah to evacuate their homes and that the group has planted mines on the roads. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 2, 2016 Afghan special forces have freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in southern Helmand Province, officials said on January 2. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said 37 of the captives were soldiers, another seven were policemen, and the rest were civilians. An operation to free the captives