LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Local officials on Monday said the Nawa district of southern Helmand province had not fallen to Taliban and reinforcements had arrived to keep the militants at bay.
Earlier some Helmand officials, including a parliamentarian, said that Nawa district had been overrun by Taliban and the district police chief killed.
However, the governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News only some parts of the district had been captured by the Taliban. He confirmed the district police chief, Ahmad Shah Salim, had been killed.
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