At least 10 people including seven of them women and Afghan forces in Greshk district of southern Helmand province, officials said Thursday. Governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan forces and the Taliban engaged in…
At least 32 security forces were killed and another 37 wounded after a group of Taliban militants attacked their posts in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province last night, officials said Sunday. A reliable government source in…
The National Security Council (NSC) has ordered investigation into recent explosions in southern Helmand and the assassination of a former parliamentarian in Kandahar provinces. A statement from the NSC received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that National Security…
The government leaders condemned the attack on a ceremony celebrating Farmers Day in southern Helmand province, saying enemies of Afghans trying to conceal their defeat in the battlefield by carrying out such actions. Four people including economy director…
A National Directorate of Security (NDS) commander has been killed and three other workers of the intelligence agency wounded as a result of magnetic bomb blast in southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Omar Zwak, the…
American marine forces on Thursday provided different materials worth more than 200,000 USD in aid to a number of schools in southern Helmand province, officials said Thursday. Helmand education director Daud Shah Safari, talking to a ceremony on…
KABUL attackers were killed and the remaining surrounded by the Afghan security forces during an attack on a major military base in southern Helmand province, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday. The attack, involving a dozen Taliban militants, began…
A group of Taliban suicide bombers stormed a military base northwest of Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Thursday evening, with the clashes still ongoing, an official said on Friday. The attackers and security forces continued…
A number of women in southern Helmand province on Wednesday urged the government to inaugurate a long completed market for them in the province in order to help improve women’s economy. Around three years back, the market was…
The residents of Nad Ali district in southern Helmand province on Monday walked 20-kilometre to encourage the government and Taliban direct talks for peace and reconciliation. The residents had walked 20 kilometers from their district to Lashkargah, the…
At least eight policemen have been killed as a result of an insider attack in southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday. A policeman killed eight of his colleagues in the Sargodar area of Lashkargah, the provincial…
High school students could not be provided enough textbooks despite half of the academic year passed in southern Helmand province, negatively impacting their studies. Of 1.5 million textbooks required, only 200, 000 books have reached students so far.…
Residents of southern Helmand province on Tuesday said they were deeply concerned about landmines in areas cleared of Taliban militants in recent operations and urged the government to demine them. Around two months back, Afghan security forces conducted…
KABUL in Marja district of southern Helmand province. A statement from the NDS received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that Afghan Special Forces launched an operation in Marja district of Helmand. The source said that a narcotics factory belonged to…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday announced constituting a delegation to investigate claims of civilian casualties during an airstrike in southern Helmand province. A day earlier, area inhabitants told Pajhwok Afghan News at least 16 civilians were…
Projects costing 179 million afghanis for the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province and about 30 million afghanis for Helmand’s Nawa district have been approved under the National Solidarity Program, officials said Wednesday. As many as 153…
KABUL department says. A statement from the Helmand Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department to Pajhwok Afghan News said 260 fish farms have been built on 300 acres of land in the province. Zalmai Alokozay, the provincial agriculture director, said his…
A man stabbed his wife to death and made his escape good last night in the capital of southern Helmand province, police said on Wednesday. The incident happened on Tuesday night inside a home in the limits of…
A number of Wolesi Jirga), asking the government to recount the votes of the province by election workers from another province. Fazal Bari Fayaz, one of the protesting candidates, claimed that almost all workers of the IEC were…
At least three civilians have been killed and two others wounded in a roadside bombing in Nawa district of southern Helmand province, officials said Sunday. Governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News that a civilian vehicle was…
Civil society activists held a protest gathering in southern Helmand province on Sunday, demanding trial of those responsible for recent civilian deaths in airstrikes in Kunar and Helmand provinces. The activists made the demand at a gathering in…
At least 10 opium selling shops were torched and one suspect detained during a Special Forces operation in southern Helmand province, an official said Sunday. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that NDS 03 unit…
Afghan security forces have been finally able to recapture Babaji area of Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, from Taliban militants, the governor said on Tuesday. Governor Mohammad Yasin Khan, who chaired a joint security meeting at…
The Taliban Manan, has been killed in an airstrike along with some fighters, an official said on Sunday. Mullah Manan Akhund and two of his spokespersons, Hafiz Rashid and Javed, and some other militants were killed in the…
