At least 13 suspects have been arrested in connection with robberies in the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, director of information and culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News these suspects…
Some farmers in southern Helmand province express satisfaction with this year’s wheat yield, but complain the grain prices are such that they are barely breaking even. These farmers ask the government to find better market for their harvest.…
Seven drugs processing factories were set alight in the Baghran district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Maulvi Muhammad Qasim Riaz, Deputy Director of Information and Culture, told Pajhwok that security personnel destroyed seven ephedra…
As many as 150 government houses were retrieved from usurpers in Marja district of southern Helmand province on Sunday, an official said. The houses had been built in early 1970s for employees of a government company by the…
For the first time in southern Helmand province, a 20-bed hospital for patients suffering from infectious disease has ben opened in Lashkargah, the provincial capital. The new hospital will be financially supported by the Relief Humanitarian Development Organization…
A man has killed his wife in the Muse Qala district of southern Helmand province, a local official said on Saturday. Information and Culture Department spokesman Maulvi Mohammad Qaseem Riaz told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place…
Eight pump stations have been closed in Garamsir and Nawa districts of southern Helmand province for selling low quality fuel. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, Deputy Director of Information and Culture Department of Helmand, told Pajhwok the pumps were…
Six kidnappers who killed a child after abducting him in the Garamsir district of southern Helmand province have been arrested. Information and Culture director Maulvi Muhammad Qasim Riaz told Pajhwok the kidnappers were arrested today (Saturday) in Kofak…
The government has started efforts to promote cultivation of medicinal plant asafetida, deemed as poppy substitute, in southern Helmand province, provincial Agriculture and Livestock Department officials said on Saturday. Engineer Mohammad Aslam Bashardost, the head of Agriculture, Irrigation…
A lightning strike killed a man and injured a woman in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province yesterday, an official said on Friday. Provincial Information and Culture Director Hafiz Abdul Bari Rashid told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Five pump stations selling adulterated fuel have been closed in southern Helmand province, an official said on Thursday. Maulvi Muhammad Qasim Riaz, Deputy Director of Information and Culture Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News three fuel pumps were closed…
Sixteen people were publicly whipped in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province on Thursday after being convicted of theft and adultery. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, Deputy Director of Information and Culture Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock department of southeastern Helmand provinces says date orchards will be planted on about 250 acres of land in near future. Maulvi Zainullah Zahid, deputy director of the department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Farid Ahmad, the only male surviving member of a family killed in an US airstrike in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province 13 years ago, lives with his disabled sister and spends days by remembering the slain…
A potable water supply network has been put into service after its completion at a cost of six million afghanis in the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province. Maulvi Muhammad Qasim Riaz, deputy head of Information and…
Jan Mohammad, a resident of Sangin district of southern Helmand province, lost 18 members of his family in a NATO forces airstrike 12 years ago when he was just eight years old. Jan Mohammad, now 20, is resident…
A dozen people, including a woman, were flogged in public on Wednesday after being convicted of various crimes in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, deputy director of the…
As many as 135 local classes have been set up in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, which was the center of conflict for the past 20 years, paving the way for thousands of children to pursue…
Twenty-seven people including women after being convicted of various crimes by courts were publicly flogged in southern Helmand and Zabul provinces. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, Deputy Director of Information and Culture Department of Helmand province, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The number of hospitals and other health facilities in southern Helmand province is less compared to the province’s population, residents say. Public Health Department officials confirm this issue and say the available health centers have been established according…
A second cotton processing and oil producing factory has been established in southern Helmand province. Ghulam Yahya Pashtoon, director of commerce and industry association, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the second factory started producing oil and cotton processing…
An Afghan physician has launched free of cost medical operations of 200 cleft lip children in southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Deputy Health Director Dr. Naqibullah Fatih told Pajhwok Afghan News: “The public health directorate…
A 10-year-old boy who felt into a deep well in the Washer district of southern Helmand province has been rescued, but a woman lost her life in in a similar incident in Farah, officials said on…
Residents of the Sangin district in southern Helmand province say the past conflicts had destroyed their schools and students study under the open sky. Mohammad Aslam, a resident of Sangin district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a number…
