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Helmand, still the same as before.

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This year, the Helmand, a province located in the south of Afghanistan, became target of
gruesome attacks of the British and American invaders. American troops sent to Afghanistan Digg
as per the new strategy of Obama were deployed in this province as a part of an effort by the
American rulers to bolster the sagging morale of the despondent British soldiers there.
Before launching the offensive against Mujahideen in Helmand province, American media submit
started their own media war. They called the operation, the largest military operations ever Share
launched by US marines after the Vietnam War and claimed that it would wipe out all
Mujahideen in the area under a take, hold and build strategy. Various helicopters and fighter planes
swarmed to Helmand, including military tanks, armed personnel carriers, Humvees heading to some
districts like Khan shin, Nad Ali, Garam Sir, Gereshk and to surrounding areas of Lashkar Gah, the
provincial capital.
According to a tactical plan worked out by Mujahideen, they( Mujahideen) retreated from certain areas
to encourage the enemy forces enter these areas where they were soft targets for the Mujahideen. When
the enemy soldiers scattered in the far-flung areas, they were trapped, increasing their casualties with
each passing day. Simultaneously, the tempo of the Western media fanfare about this campaign tapered
down because they were not ready to report the high fatality that their soldiers were suffering at the
hand of the Mujahideen every day. To many, it may be still a mystery that why the western media is
tightlipped about the Helmand. However, the British and American soldiers based in Helmand know the
answer to this question who see their daily casualties with their own eyes.
In north of Helmand, all the districts, which were in the hands of Mujahideen before the beginning of the
operations, are still in their hands. In the south where the operations were concentrated, the writ of
Mujahideen has been restored in Khanshin, Marji and Garam Sir districts. The enemy was able to build a
military base in a desert there but now they are not able to procure their logistics through lands routes.
They have to depend solely on air transportations for logistical items. In Nad Ali, they were forced to
evacuate the base, which they had formed at the start of the offensive. In Garam Sir, they are trying to
beef up their former bases. No new base has been built there.
The British soldiers occupied some areas in Babaji, Pashak and the White Mosque but they were not
able to retain them for long time in face of the constant attacks by the Mujahideen. So they withdrew
from all these areas. The main problem of the enemy is logistical supply. When their tanks and logistical
vehicles come out of their military bases for patrol and logistical supplies, they become easy targets for
Mujahideen. On the other hand, the roadside bombs take a high toll of the enemy, making roads a
graveyard for them. Therefore, they use transportation planes for the supply of logistics instead of using
the land routes.
In short, in Helmand, the new strategy of the American top general in Afghanistan, Mc Crystal has faced
a complete failure. The operations Sword and Panther’s Claw did not achieve what the invaders wanted
to achieve.
The defeat of the invading foreign forces proves that the military approach chosen by the invaders as a
strategy is not paying off. They will have to ponder over other options like withdrawal from Afghanistan
and granting the Afghans their natural rights of independence and formation of an Islamic government of
their choice. Otherwise, their economy and society will bleed like the former Soviet Union which
disintegrated after occupying Afghanistan for ten years.

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