Sangin is a city in Helmand province in Afghanistan , with a population of about 14,000. Located at in the Helmand River Valley at 888 m above sea level, 95 km northeast of Lashkar Gah . Sanguin is notorious as one of the central places in opium trade in the southern part of the country, as well as traditional support for the Taliban . [1] According to the British newspaper, the Guardian is "the most dangerous zone in Afghanistan." [2] . Highway 661 leads to Sangin.
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| Population | 14,000 people |
NATO and the Taliban
For many years, Sanguin remained a difficult area for maintaining order by the international coalition and NATO , which is associated with the significant role of the city in the and the confrontation of several local tribes. According to 2010 data , Britain lost almost a third of its troops in Sanguin, who died in the entire Afghan campaign since 2001 [3] .
In December 2015 , fights for control of Sanguin resumed. According to the British Ministry of Defense, a small number of military specialists were sent to the Camp Shorabak base in Helmand province as advisers [3] . March 23, 2017 the city was captured by the Taliban [4]
Notes
- ↑ Geopium - Jane's Intelligence Review - Opiate smuggling routes from Afghanistan to Europe and Asia Archived December 9, 2003.
- ↑ Royal Marines speak of 'horrible' reality of life on patrol in Afghanistan , The Guardian (November 17, 2010).
- ↑ 1 2 “Britain sent the military to the Afghan province of Helmand”
- ↑ lenta.ru:The fall of Sangingrad