Tribal elders and provincial council members on Saturday acknowledged corruption and misconduct had declined in the appellant attorney’s office of southern Helmand province. Speaking at a gathering, tribal elder Karim Khan Atal said corruption had been at peak…
At least 87 insurgents have been killed during clashes in two districtsof southern Helmand province, security officialsclaimed on Sunday. Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News the rebels staged an attack…
Local security officials on Sunday said ongoing clashes in central areas of southern Helmand province had come under control, but public representatives stressed the need for defeating militants comprehensively. Some days ago, the Taliban captured a number of…
Civil society activists of southern Helmand province have expressed concern over recent appointments of military officials, asking the president to rethink his decision. Last Thursday, President Ashraf Ghani appointed military commanders to eight zones of the country. Ismatullah…
Twenty-two border police personnel and 35 militants have been killed during a clash in the Nawzad district of southern Helmand province, a security official said on Wednesday. The policemen’s corpses were sent to Lashkargah, the provincial capital, after…
Some farmers of southern Helmand province on Sunday complained their crops were going to dry up due to lack of water in the province. The water level in Helmand River had dropped, threatening to parch their crops, a…
A delegation assigned by President Ghani on Monday said it would share its investigation into the mortar shelling on a wedding party in southern Helmand with the president. Meanwhile, Helmand acting governor confirmed the Afghan National Army troops…
The bride who was injured and whom marriage was devastated by a rocket strike in southern Helmand province has succumbed to her injuries in hospital, a local elder said on Friday. Several mortar rounds hit a house where…
Around 26 people were killed and another 45, mostly children and women, were wounded when several artillery and mortar shells hit a wedding party in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Thursday. Helmand deputy…
Schools in southern Helmand province could not be supplied firewood this winter due to a dispute with contractors over the price, plummeting attendance by 30 percent, civil society activists said on Wednesday. Bost Civil Society Organisation members told…
Taliban on Sunday night stormed a security check post in southern Helmand province and the ensuing gun battle left four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and eight militants dead, an official said Monday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rasool Zazai,…
The newly-deputed deputy governor of southern Helmand province on Saturday pledged to improve security of this volatile province by building strong coordination among government institutions and the people. Mohammad Jan Rasoul Yar said this during his first official…
