Some lawmakers on Monday threw their weight behind what they called “a significant ongoing movement for peace” in southern Helmand province. A number of youth, including women, have erected tents over the past night days in Lashkargah, the…
A number of Nawa district residents in southern Helmand province have also erected a tent, asking the Taliban to join the peace process. The new tent was erected in Nawa district bazaar after a suicide attack killed 16…
Six hunger strikers have been hospitalized in the capital of southern Helmand province after their condition deteriorated, sources said on Saturday. A number of people have been on hunger strike since Thursday demanding both sides of the warring…
The Taliban have welcomed a peace movement initiated by the people of southern Helmand province, but say “the keys of Afghan war are in the US hands.” Five days back, a suicide bombing near Ghazi Mohammad Ayub Khan…
A number of youth in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, have erected a tent, asking the Taliban to join the peace process. The tent was erectedin a Lashkargah locality where a suicide attack killed 16 people…
Fourteen people were killed and dozens more were wounded in a car suicide bombing in Lashkargah city of southern Helmand province on Friday, officials said. The blast took place at the entrance to the Ghazi Ayub Khan stadium…
Security forces have occupied 20 school buildings and are using them as security posts in different areas of southern Helmand province, the education director has said. Talking to Pajhwok on Sunday (March 18), Helmand education director Daud Shah…
KABUL with bullets to help the Americans escape and airlift injured troops to safety. A media report quoted an Indiana citizen, whose son served in Helmand province, as saying the British royal rescued US soldiers who were ambushed in the…
Security forces and Taliban militants clashed in southern Helmand province last night, with both sides claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. Abdul Basir Achakzai, 611 Highway Police commander, said the Taliban wanted to storm their post…
At least 29 insurgents have been killed and as many wounded during separate operations in southern Helmand and Ghazni provinces, the army said on Tuesday. Afghan security forces conducted operations in Deh Yak, Andar and Awghaz districts…
KABUL militants and wounding 28 others across the country since last night. Rahmat Shah Qamti, fourth brigade army commander in Uruzgan province, told Pajhwok Afghan New security forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Khas Uruzgan and Chora districts late on Sunday…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday said Afghan security forces arrested a German rebel in western Helmand province. MoD spokesman, Maj. Gen. Dawlat Waziri told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan forces launched an operation in Mirmandab area…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday said Afghan security forces arrested a German rebel in western Helmand province. MoD spokesman, Maj. Gen. Dawlat Waziri told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan forces launched an operation in Mirmandab area…
A non-government organization affiliated with the Education militants on solution to education-related problems. Some officials of the NGO have posted photographs of the 10-point agreement and the signing ceremony on their Facebook accounts. Both the sides have signed…
The Taliban’s training centres, revenue collection facilities had been targeted in airstrikes in southern Helmand province, officials said on Monday while the Taliban rejected the claims. Ahmad Nawid Nazari, head of the borders and tribal affairs director, told…
with the arrival of spring, the plantation drive of sapling launched in southern Helmand province on Sunday, and official said. Governor Hayatullah Hayat said the fruit, non-fruit and ornamental trees’ saplings would be planted in Lashkargah, the provincial…
A mortar shell fired by security forces during a clash with militants struck a home in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, killing four members of a family including two women. Haji Abdul Ahad, a relative…
Police have launched a manhunt for a man who killed his wife and two others in what appeared to be a family violence incident in southern Helmand province, an official said on Thursday. Abdul Shakor Khan Jalili, provincial…
The Millat Baba Park, a multimillion afghanis recreational area in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, is on the brink of destruction due to sheer negligence. The park was built in 20 acres of land along the…
Six security personnel were wounded on Saturday when a suicide car bomber attacked a check-post in Nad Ali district, an official said. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, confirmed the incident took place at around 11am. Four Afghan National…
Hundreds of policemen in southern Helmand province are serving as bodyguards with powerful individuals instead of discharging their original duty, Pajhwok has learnt. Pajhwok Afghan News found access to documents through a source which shows 556 policemen assigned…
Sent by the Taliban from Nad Ali district to carry out a suicide attack in the capital of southern Helmand province, a suicide bomber on Monday turned himself into police, an official said. The man surrendered to police…
Seven policemen were killed and an eighth wounded after Taliban militants stormed their check posts in the Garamsir district of southern Helmand province, an official said Monday. The security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told…
At least four civilians have been killed and six others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants over a land dispute in Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Omar Zwak, the Helmand…
