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HELMAND, Jan. 08 – Officials reporting from Sangin district say that the valiant Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate launched an assault on those areas where hireling troops were airdropped a while back.

The attack in which heavy and light weapons were used resulted in Mujahideen overrunning the district administration center, police HQ and the rest of the occupied buildings.

Reports say that 32 combined enemy troops were killed and wounded in the operation while 3 APCs, 3 sedan vehicles, 3 logistic trucks, a pickup truck and a container packed with arms were destroyed as well as a sizable amount of other equipment seized.

Currently the administration buildings, police HQ building, the entire district bazaar is under the control of Mujahideen and the enemy only has presence inside a besieged outpost located at the outer edges of the district center.

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad . She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”. She is also a survivor of US “collateral damage”.