A 10-over cricket tournament featuring 10 teams has commenced in the main stadium in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province. Helmand cricket manager Mohammad Zakir Omari told Pajhwok the tournament between ten teams started yesterday afternoon and…
Twenty-one people were killed and left 38 others wounded in a collision in southern Helmand province on Sunday morning.
Nearly 120 school buildings were repaired this year in 19 districts of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Maulvi Mohammad Ismail Sadat, the deputy education director, told Pajhwok that 119 school buildings were reconstructed and renovated…
Nomads, locally known as Kuchis, in southern Helmand province say they are happy for the recent rains, but their pastures have been seized and turned into agriculture lands by local people. Rozi Mohammad, a nomad who lives in…
The Public Health Department has sealed 68 health centers and pharmacies over non-compliance rules in Musa Qala district in southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday. Helmand Public Health Director Dr. Syed Ahmad Saeed told Pajhwok Afghan…
One development project has been executed at a cost of 8.8 million afgahnis in western Farah province and work on another launched in southern Helmand province. Funded by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF),…
Residents of southern Helmand province are demanding more distribution centres of electronic identity cards while local officials say they are striving to address the problem. Only two ID card distribution centres are functional in Helmand province and they…
Children engaged in labor work in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, say they dropped out of school due to poverty and the government should help them resume education. Most of these children run hand-carts, collect plastic…
The counter-narcotic department in Bahramcha and Nawmesh districts of southern Helmand province have set alight hundreds of kilograms of drugs, police official said on Saturday.
A two-year-old girl has been rescued from kidnappers in the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province, police official said on Friday.
Residents of Marja district in southern Helmand province complain health facilities in the district lack medicines and provide inadequate services.
Eight people have been arrested with hundreds of kilograms of narcotics in Greshk district of southern Helmand province, police said on Tuesday.
Three individuals have been arrested in connection with smuggling sheep to neighboring Pakistan from southern Helmand province, police official said on Monday.
A cotton mill has been inaugurated in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, with an investment of 40 million afghanis. The mill in Bolan area has the capacity to produce 10 tons of cotton per hour. The…
Over 1,100 teachers for religious schools in Central Logar and southern Helmand province will be appointed, officials said on Sunday. An examination was held today (Sunday) in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province for this purpose. Helmand Education…
UN Refugees Agency (UNHCR) has built a hospital building in Lashkargha, the capital of southern Helmand province, and opened it for service, an official said on Tuesday. Dr. Syed Ahmad Saeed, health Department Director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Residents of Binader area in Garamser district of southern Helmand province say their children lack full access to education facilities and urge the government to resolve this issue. Officials admit the complaint of Binader residents, but say schools…
Seven individuals were publicly flogged in the capital of southern Helmand province after being convicted of robbery. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, deputy director of information and culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the seven individuals had been detained…
With effect from tomorrow (Saturday), a ban has been imposed on transactions in foreign currencies in southern Helmand province, an official said on Friday Helmand Information and Culture Director Hafiz Abdul Bari Rashid told Pajhwok that the Lashkargah…
At least four people have been killed and as many wounded in a traffic accident in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, deputy director of information and culture,…
A man, who lost four family members to a mortar attack that injured six other members of his family in Marja district of southern Helmand province about five years ago, wants foreign troops responsible for the attack to…
A non-governmental organization has set up 30 new health center at a cost of five million US dollars in the capital and various districts of southern Helmand province. Helmand’s Public Health Department says the health centers have been…
The residents of Beland Dasht area of Marja district in southern Helmand province complain they lack access to sufficient health facilities. Abdul Razzaq Akhundzada, a resident of the area, told Pajhwok Afghan News that people of their area…
Work on installing 17 telecommunication antennas has been started in southern Helmand province and will be completed soon. Mullah Amanullah Shabbir, director of telecommunication and information technology, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “Since last two weeks, the installation of…
