LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Scores of security personnel have been missing in the wake of a fierce firefight in the Nad Ali district in southern Helmand, the local social council head said on Monday.
However, the Taliban insurgents claimed the security forces had joined their ranks after the fighters overran their checkpoints and several areas of the embattled district.
Social council head for the district, Mohammad Nabi Ulfat, told Pajhwok Afghan News a fierce clash erupted between the security forces and the militants . . .
