Taliban forces have taken almost full control of a key district in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province after several days of fierce fighting.<br />The Taliban took over the entire district except for the police chief's compound and another compound where a battalion of Afghan National Army is based in, according to Mohammad Dawood, the police chief of Sangin district in the province.<br />Mohammad Jan Rasolyaar, deputy governor of Helmand province, took an unusual step over the weekend to ask President Ashraf Ghani for help in an open letter on Facebook.<br />Dawood said the fighting in the district had been going on for more than a month, but was in its worst stage in the past three days.<br />He added that they have sustained heavy casualties and are almost out of ammunition.
