Official: Airstrikes in south Afghanistan hit clinic, school

KABUL – Airstrikes damaged a wellness session and precocious schoolhouse successful the superior of confederate Afghanistan's Helmand province, a provincial assembly subordinate said Sunday. In bluish Kunduz province, Taliban fighters made further gains.

A Defense Ministry connection confirmed that airstrikes were carried retired successful parts of the metropolis of Lashkar Gah. It said forces targeted Taliban positions, sidesplitting 54 fighters and wounding 23 others. It made nary notation of a session oregon schoolhouse being bombed.

Majid Akhund, lawman president of the Helmand provincial council, said airstrikes deed a wellness session and a schoolhouse successful the city's 7th constabulary territory precocious Saturday. But helium said the country is nether Taliban power truthful immoderate casualties could person been caused by Taliban there.

A Taliban surge has intensified arsenic U.S. and NATO troops wrapper up their withdrawal from the country. As Taliban attacks increase, Afghan information forces and authorities troops person retaliated with airstrikes aided by the United States. The warring has raised increasing concerns astir civilian casualties.

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Dr. Ahmad Khan Weyar, an authoritative from the Helmand nationalist wellness department, said a caregiver was killed erstwhile an airstrike deed a wellness session and a defender was wounded.

“American invaders bombed and destroyed different infirmary and schoolhouse successful Helmand,” the Taliban said successful a statement. It said Safyano Hospital and Muhammad Anwar Khan precocious schoolhouse were bombed.

The session successful Lashkar Gah was offering services mostly to nomads who were passing done the area, according to Akhund, but successful caller days the country was nether Taliban power and Taliban whitethorn person been treated there.

Heavy warring has taken spot successful and astir Lashkar Gah and some U.S. and Afghan authorities aerial forces person conducted airstrikes successful the city. The Taliban power 9 of the city’s 10 constabulary districts.

In bluish Afghanistan, the Taliban took power Sunday of parts of the superior of Kunduz province, assembly subordinate Ghulam Rabani Rabani said.

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Rabani said astir parts of Kunduz metropolis were nether the power of the Taliban, with warring astir the governor’s bureau and constabulary headquarters. The main situation gathering successful Kunduz was nether Taliban control, helium said.

On Saturday, Taliban fighters entered the superior of Jawzjan state aft sweeping done 9 of 10 districts successful the province. Several different of the country’s 34 provincial capitals are threatened arsenic Taliban fighters expanse done ample swaths of Afghanistan astatine a astonishing speed.

The U.S. Central Command says the unit withdrawal is much than 95% implicit and volition beryllium finished by Aug. 31.

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