In an unusual move, a senior Afghan official has taken to social media to implore the president to send help to his province, saying it could otherwise fall to the Taliban.
Mohammad Jan Rasulyar, the deputy governor of Helmand province, posted a message on his Facebook page telling president Ashraf Ghani that more than 90 security forces have been killed in the past month fighting insurgents.
He said he was unable to make direct contact with the president by other means.
Mr Rasulyar said that “unless the government acts now we will lose the province”, adding that hundreds of troops have been killed in the past six months.
Helmand is an important Taliban base as it produces most of the world’s opium, a crop that helps fund the insurgency.
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