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The US army will be  deployed  more soldiers to the Helmand, a southern province of Afganistan. Taliban militants have pushed the government forces to the brink, in the Helmand, said a spokesman for  the U.S. military.

Since the end of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO combat mission in 2014, it will be the  largest deployment of U.S. troops outside,  major bases in Afghanistan.

According to the US military, US soldiers will not play active combat roles. The US has been drawn its Special operations forces into the fighting in Helmand after Taliban insurgents threatened several important districts in the province.

A spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Colonel,  Michael T. Lawhorn, said in a statement, that, the 215th Corps of the Afghan National Army will get extra support and training with the new deployment. Also, it will protect the current Special Operations troops in Helmand. In the recent months, Afghan forces in Helmand have taken heavy fatalities. Lawhorn said that, "Our mission, remains the same,  to train, advise, and assist our Afghan counterparts, and not to participate in combat operations."

According to the Pentagon policy,  information about the number of troops or the unit drawn in the deployment would not be disclosed. Officials said that, the present units of soldiers in  Afghanistan will be replaced by the new troops.

Officials said that, "certainly Helmand is the diciest place in Afghanistan right now, the place where ANSF have had the most setbacks from without and within, using the abbreviation for the Afghan National Security Forces, meaning the army and police. It is the part of what matters most right now or the future of the country."

Nandini