Lashkar Gah still under control of government forces but local activist says city is under siege
As Boris Johnson announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters pressed in on the capital of Helmand province, once the centre of the UK’s presence there.
Militants are less than a mile from Lashkar Gah, now also home to tens of thousands of people who fled the fighting or Taliban rule across the rest of the province, local officials said.
