The governor of southern Helmand province on Saturday said the Taliban had been weakened in the province as a result of continued operations against them, but complained about the shortage of police personnel to keep areas cleared of…
Four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and seven Taliban insurgents have been killed in a clash in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. A reliable source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told…
Six policemen have been killed in a Taliban attack in Nawa district of southern Helmand province, officials said Thursday. The district police chief, Capt. Amanullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants stormed a police post in Chahar…
At least eight Taliban and two civilians, including a woman, have been killed during nighttime operations in southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday. Hajji Abdullah, a resident of Nawzad district, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces…
KABUL insurgents were killed in a nighttime operation by the Afghan Special Forces in southern Helmand province, the spy service said on Saturday. Another 18 militants were captured alive, including three notorious commanders Qari Saifullah, Qari Jan Alam and Fazel…
Schoolteachers went on strike over not receiving their salaries in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province on Wednesday. The protesting teachers in hundreds gathered in Abu Alfateh School in Greshk district to announce their boycott of attending…
The year 2017 saw violence killing 114 civilians and wounding 1,781 others, mostly children, in southern Helmand province, an official said Monday. The civilians suffered casualties in landmine explosions and airstrikes, said Afifi Marouf, Independent Human Rights Commission…
At least 15 Taliban and Daesh (Islamic State) militants have been killed during operations in southern Helmand and eastern Nangarhar provinces, officials said on Sunday. Helmand police spokesman Abdul Salam Afghan told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces…
The Taliban insurgents have hanged a man to death on murder charges in the Nawzad district of southern Helmand province, the militant group said on Saturday. Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, the Taliban spokesman, said the slain individual named Mohammad…
Security officials on Friday said five Taliban have been killed and 10 suspected militants arrested during a night time commando action in the Garamsir district of southern Helmand province. The commando operation was backed by air support, said…
Fourteen security personnel and a civilian were wounded in a suicide car-bombing in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Wednesday afternoon, an official said. Governor spokesman Umar Zwak confirmed the blast and added three Humvee vehicles were…
The US Marine presence in restive southern Helmand province has surged, an official says on Sunday. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News a US delegation headed by Marine Commander Richard Spiner arrived in Helmand on…
Seven civilians were killed in a landmine blast in the Marja district of southern Helmand province on Sunday morning, sources said. Kamran, a resident of the district, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took place at around 9am…
Airstrikes destroyed three heroin-making factories allegedly run by Taliban militants in the Kajaki district of southern Helmand province last night, officials said Thursday. A statement from the Helmand governor’s house said the drugs processing factories were bombed on…
At least 30 Taliban insurgents, including two commanders, have been killed in air and ground operations in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Police spokesman Abdul Salam Afghan told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Several people were feared killed and at least 30 others were wounded in a car bomb explosion targeting a security convoy in Helmand province on Tuesday. The blast ripped through the convoy of the Public Order Police in…
Several people were feared killed and at least 30 others were wounded in a car bomb explosion targeting a security convoy in Helmand province on Tuesday. The blast ripped through the convoy of the Public Order Police in…
Officials on Monday said power production at the Kajaki hydropower plant in southern Helmand province was likely to be stopped because of declining water in the reservoir. Helmand power department head Nasrullah Qani told reporters in Lashkargah that…
Taliban militants ambushed and killed 24 police and illegal gunmen in southern Helmand province last night, sources said on Thursday. A government source, who did not want to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash between policemen…
Local officials on Sunday claimed the Taliban’s shadow deputy governor for southern Helmand province has been killed in an airstrike. Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai, the commander for 215th Military Corps in Helmand, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
The Doctors Without Borders organization says it plans to open a maternity clinic in the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province in near future. Winston Mulanda K, the organization’s medical affairs in-charge in Afghanistan, told Pajhwok Afghan…
At least three children suffered injuries in a landmine explosion in Greshk district of southern Helmand province on Saturday, an official said. The Greshk administrative chief, Mohammad Salim Rodi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident occurred today evening…
Officials in southern Helmand province are optimistic about the implementation of the TAPI project, saying it will help improve security besides paving the ground for economic development. Work on The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline will be launched in the…
The foundation stone of a modern cricket ground has been laid in the capital of southern Helmand province, where a 180-bed rehabilitation center for drug addicts put into service. Afghanistan Cricket Board director Shukrullah Atif Mashal on Friday…
