11 killed and wounded as armored tank, bulldozer destroyed in Helmand

HELMAND, Aug. 23 – Reports arriving from Gerishk district state that heavy clashes took place against combined enemy troops accompanied by armored tanks and vehicles arriving Nahr Siraj region’s Chargul pump and Shindak Manda areas for reopening the Laskhargah highway at 6:00 pm local time on Monday. During gunfight an armored tank was destroyed in […]

HELMAND, Aug. 23 – Reports arriving from Gerishk district state that heavy clashes took place against combined enemy troops accompanied by armored tanks and vehicles arriving Nahr Siraj region’s Chargul pump and Shindak Manda areas for reopening the Laskhargah highway at 6:00 pm local time on Monday.
During gunfight an armored tank was destroyed in Shindak Manda area by IED attack and a bulldozer in Chargul pump area as well as 5 puppets were shot by sniper fire.
According to details enemy patrol also hit 2 bomb blasts, leaving 11 gunmen killed or hurt and forcing the rest to retreat.