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British troops mobilised to help retake Sangin from Taliban

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KABUL, but the UK Defence Ministry said the soldiers would not take any combat role and would only provide advisory support.

Police sources and a public representative in Helmand had told Pajhwok Afghan News that the town of Sangin had fallen back to the Taliban, but the provincial governor and the Afghan ministries of defence and interior on Monday rejected the district had fallen.

The Helmand governor on Monday told Pajhwok Afghan News clashes between security forces and Taliban militants were underway for control of the . . .

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