Fifty Taliban fighters were killed in fierce fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban terrorists in an operation in Lashkargah city of southern Helmand, officials said Sunday.

Afghanistan forces kill 50 Taliban terrorists in Helmand

Afghan security personnel have abandoned nearly 200 checkpoints in restive Kandahar province in recent weeks, officials said Wednesday, in some cases leaving behind their weapons to be seized by the Taliban.

Afghan troops, police abandon nearly 200 checkpoints to Taliban

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There has been a sharp drop in the size of Afghanistan`s National Defense Security Forces in the past few months due to changes in the way troops are counted and an effort to reduce the number of so-called "ghost" soldiers, a US government watchdog said on Thursday.

Afghan troop numbers drop sharply in crackdown on 'ghost' soldiers

The death toll among Afghanistan's security forces is nearing 30,000 since the start of 2015, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said, a figure far higher than anything previously acknowledged.

Almost 30,000 Afghan troops killed since 2015: Ashraf Ghani

Officials in Kabul say lack of ammunition and few reinforcements were the main reasons for the district's fall to the Taliban

Afghan troops retake parts of Kunduz hours after Taliban captured area

Clashes between Afghan troops and Taliban rebels started as the latter attacked parts of the Khanashin district on Friday night

Taliban captures Khanashin district in Afghanistan

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