office, just 400 metres away. taliban fighters replaced normal broadcasts with religious songs. these pictures are of taliban fighters in the centre of lashkar gah just a few days ago, at a roundabout called peace roundabout . and here are afghan special forces on the ground. the us and afghan forces have been carrying out air strikes in the city. there are a large number of reports of foreign fighters in the country. here s general sadat again. so most of the foreign fighters in the battle of helmand of helmand in lashkar gah, belong to the al-qaeda group, specifically al-qaeda in indian continents. the punjabi members mostly from a punjab of pakistan, some bangladeshis, but also a main branch al-qaeda was seen in the last three months since the pull out of the americans from helmand in may, we have recorded so many cases of al-qaeda and arabs being involved in the attacks organisation, mobilisation, information sharing and things