The Taliban claim that they have engaged British troops in a number of clashes in Helmand province this morning.

The full text of the statement is pasted below.

HELMAND, Feb. 10 – There are reports from Helmand province that there have been fierce clashes between the Mujahideen and the British forces in the Province’s Musa Kala and Nad Ali districts on Wednesday.

The report stated the fighting broke out later in the morning as the British soldiers were out of their base on a mission to launch operation against the Mujahideen in Yateemchi are of Musa Kala district, adding the British troops had sustained fatalities and casualties during the 3-hour long fighting but it gave no further details of how manly had been killed or injured.

Also on Wednesday, Mujahideen were engaged in a fierce fighting with the Britons in Babaji area of Nad Ali district near Laskar Gah, in which the British soldiers fired several shells, some of which struck the houses of the civilians causing them sever losses.