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| Afghan Taliban capture city of Sangin | Afghan Taliban capture city of Sangin |
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| The Taliban have captured the crucial southern Afghan city of Sangin after a year-long battle, officials say. | The Taliban have captured the crucial southern Afghan city of Sangin after a year-long battle, officials say. |
| Afghan forces say they have made a tactical retreat from the centre of Sangin. | Afghan forces say they have made a tactical retreat from the centre of Sangin. |
| A spokesman for Helmand's governor confirmed the district police and governor's headquarters were now in militant hands. | A spokesman for Helmand's governor confirmed the district police and governor's headquarters were now in militant hands. |
| Almost a quarter of British troops killed during the UK's combat mission in Afghanistan died defending Sangin. | Almost a quarter of British troops killed during the UK's combat mission in Afghanistan died defending Sangin. |
| Hundreds of Afghan combatants have been killed there in recent fighting. | |
| Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the insurgents captured the city overnight. | Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the insurgents captured the city overnight. |
| A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defence said troops had been pulled back to the area's main garrison on the orders of the army chief of staff. | A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defence said troops had been pulled back to the area's main garrison on the orders of the army chief of staff. |
| Reports say foreign forces are bombarding the area, which has been fiercely fought over for more than a decade. | |
| On the road to the crucial Kajaki dam, Sangin was the scene of heavy British and US military casualties before 2013. | |
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