LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants have been attempting to tighten the siege of Lashkar Gah the capital of the restive Helmand provincial capital in south Afghanistan amid government forces' counter-offensives to dislodge the attacking militants.
The armed insurgents who already are in control of Baghran, Musa Qala, Deshu and Nawzad districts have intensified activities over the past couple of months and presently are fighting in Garmsir, Nawa, Nad Ali and Marja districts to overrun these areas and pave the way for the collapse of Lashkar Gah the major city in the south Afghanistan.
Taliban militants have captured some areas and tightened the noose around Helmand provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
The armed militants, according to locals, have overrun Ainak area in Nawa district just three kilometers away from Lashkar Gah in south and Chah-e-Anjir neighborhood eight kilometers north of the Lashkar Gah city.
Taliban militants have also blocked the major highway linking Lashkar Gah to the neighboring Kandahar province and thus undermining the government supplying road to send reinforcement in Lashkar Gah, according to locals and officials.
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