KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces resumed Sunday in the restive southern province of Helmand, officials said, ending a three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring sides to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
There were clashes on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand, which has seen intense fighting since the United States began its final troop withdrawal from Afghanistan earlier this month, an Afghan military spokesman and a local official said.
“The fighting started early today and is still ongoing,” Attaullah Afghan, head of the Helmand provincial council, told AFP.
He said Taliban fighters attacked security checkpo…
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