Helmand official takes to Facebook to warn that his province is probs gonna fall to the Taliban - Polidicks

Helmand official takes to Facebook to warn that his province is probs gonna fall to the Taliban

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[url]http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/taliban-close-helmand-afghan-official-151220142432306.html[/url] [quote]Afghanistan's Helmand province is on the verge of falling to the Taliban with 90 soldiers killed in two days of fierce clashes, its deputy governor said. Mohammad Jan Rasoolyar pleaded with President Ashraf Ghani through Facebook on Sunday for urgent intervention to save the province that British and US forces struggled for years to defend. "I know that bringing up this issue on social media will make you very angry," Rasoolyar wrote in his Facebook post addressed to Ghani. "But I cannot be silent any more ... as Helmand stands on the brink. Ninety men have been killed in Gereshk and Sangin districts in the last two days." "However, the Taliban have promised that if this status gets 500 likes they will withdraw immediately." Nah he didn't really say that No immediate reaction on Rasoolyar's post was given from Ghani's office. The defence ministry in Kabul strongly denied that Helmand would fall and rejected claims of 90 deaths. But local officials backed Rasoolyar's assertions, saying the Taliban were making steady gains in districts such as Sangin.[/quote]

Kinda tasteless joke that the article has. Really takes away from the seriousness of the situation.

[QUOTE=MR-X;49356229]Kinda tasteless joke that the article has. Really takes away from the seriousness of the situation.[/QUOTE] It's not in the article, Smurfy put it in, jokester that he is.

[QUOTE=MR-X;49356229]Kinda tasteless joke that th article has. Really takes away from the seriousness of the situation.[/QUOTE] Social Media is doing what it is supposed a quick way to send information, and then stereotypes the average social Media person. Yeah It's pretty tasteless since this may be vital information. Edit: Ninja-ed

Fuck, our people fought and died over Sangin for fucking years. This is shit.

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