A 700-member strong local force is being raised under the Afghan National Army (ANA) command in the insurgency-hit southern Helmand province soon, a senior military official says. The process to recruit personnel for the local force has been…
At least 54 people, including security personnel, have been released from Taliban’s captivity in southern Helmand province, the military said on Tuesday. A statement from the 215th Maiwand Military Crops said the security forces raided a Taliban jail…
Efforts have been underway to reopen 123 schools closed due to insecurity and other reasons in southern Helmand province, where some 600,000 children are out of school, an official said Wednesday. Helmand education director Dawod Sha Safari told…
Two Taliban militants and one civilian have been killed in separate incidents of violence in southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News one civilian was killed and three…
Hundreds of tons of limestone are illegally being extracted in southern Helmand province and then smuggled to neighboring Pakistan, public representatives claimed Thursday. Attaullah Afghan, the provincial council (PC) chief, told reporters in Lashkargah, Helmand’s capital, that the…
Three civilians have been killed in a landmine blast in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took place when a Mazda…
Around 600,000 children would deprived of anti-polio vaccination due to security problems in southern Helmand province where a new polio case has detected, an official said Monday. The views were expressed by Helmand public health director, Dr. Aminullah…
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier and 13 Taliban militants have been killed in separate incidents of violence in southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan that five Taliban…
At least five people including a woman were killed and two others injured in a car accident in southern Helmand province on Tuesday, officials said. Governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place…
More than 200 army personnel, including officers, have been dismissed over corruption and misuse of authority and referred to judiciary for probe, 215thMaiwand Military corps commander said on Monday. Addressing reporters in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand…
Top education official in southern Helmand province has accused parliament members of interfering in the education department’s affairs with eyes on the upcoming elections. Addressing reporters here, Daud Shah Safari, Helmand education director, said some lawmakers from Helmand…
Eight people were wounded as a car bombing hit a joint base of police and National Directorate of Security in southern Helmand province on Thursday. The bomb attack on the police complex in Greshk district took place at…
A 12-year-old boy, hailing from southern Helmand province, was brought from Pakistan and then moved to neighboring Takhar where he was drugged, sexually abused and forced into dancing. Baryalai, not a real name, is currently living in a Child…
After being disappointed by the warring sides, the peace activists in southern Helmand province on Sunday embarked on a foot journey to Kabul. Around two months back, dozens of people suffered casualties in a suicide attack in Lashkargah,…
An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander has been arrested in southern Helmand province over allegedly collecting national identity cards from people by force, an official said Monday. Governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak said Commander Abdul Wadoud from Nawa district…
Unidentified people have beheaded two sisters after being kidnapped in southern Helmand province, officials said Wednesday. Mohammad Salim Rodi, administrative chief of Greshk district, told Pajhwok Afghan News the two sisters were disappeared from the Greshk district center…
Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials on Sunday said polls could not be held in five districts of southern Helmand province. Local law-enforcement officials had earlier promised ensuring security in most areas of Helmand ahead of parliamentary and district…
Distrust in sitting lawmakers and insecurity are cited as main reasons behind people’s unwillingness to register to vote in the upcoming elections in southern Helmand province. Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief for Helmand Ahmad Shah Sahibzada said he…
Poets and writers from various provinces and Quetta city and Chaman border town of Balochistan province of Pakistan took part in the annual Helmand River poetry session in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, last night. Poets from…
KABUL’s shadowy district chief for Washir district in southern Helmand province, the spy sdrivne said on Wednesday. A statement from the National Directorate of security (NDS) identified the detainee as Mohammad Nabi, son of Sayed Mohammad. It accused Nabi of…
Surveys and design work for two major dams in insecure districts of southern Helmand province have been launched, the minister of energy and water said on Tuesday. Ali Ahmad Usmani, during his trip to Helmand province, said the…
Forty percent of the Kajaki’s dam water in southern Helmand province would be given to Nimroz‘s residents under a bilateral agreement reached on Monday. Over the past few weeks, residents of southwestern Nimroz province have been complaining about…
Private telecommunication companies have suspended services in southern Helmand province for an indefinite period in compliance with orders from the Taliban, an official said Sunday. Omaidullah Zaheer, head of the Information and Telecommunication Department (ICD), told reporters in…
Two children were killed and two others sustained wounds after a stray mortar shell hit their home in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said Saturday. The shell struck the home in 31-Gharbi area of…
