Bost Enterprise of southern Helmand province has resumed operations after months of suspension and would buy 4,000 tons of cotton worth 260 million afghanis from local farmers, an official said on Tuesday. For more than two months after…
The services of all 78 health facilities in southern Helmand province, which had been disrupted due to budgetary and technical problems during the recent political changes, were being restored and standardized, an official said on Monday. Mumtaz Ahmad,…
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday distributed cash assistance to anther 200 internally displaced families in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province. Javed Ahmad Wahidi, head of the International Organisation for Migration, said these families…
Residents of southern Helmand province say fuel prices have risen sharply as winter approaches, a problem that has worried people. They say fuel prices in the past would slightly rise in winter, but this time they are unprecedentedly…
Information and culture officials of southern Helmand province say that efforts are on for recovering usurped Qala-i-Kuhna historical castle in Lashkargah city, the provincial capital. The castle which is located on the side of Helmand River was subject…
Residents of southern Helmand province complain that they are in great trouble due to closure of banks, demanding prompt reopening of banking services for the public. After the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, all banks including Da Afghanistan Bank…
The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) organization says rockets hit its Bost hospital in the capital of southern Helmand province during the ongoing conflict.
Some sources say an airstrike that targeted a private hospital in Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province three days ago, was carried out based on wrong coordinates. According to reports, one person was killed and two others wounded…
Some residents and civil society activists of southern Helmand province claim Iran is striving to devastate Afghanistan’s water reservoirs. In a protest huddle here on Monday, they alleged Iran was trying to devastate water storages and dams in…
The provincial council on Thursday said Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, faced the threat of collapsing into the hands of Taliban due to lack of coordination among security forces. PC chairman Attaullah Afghan told Pajhwok Afghan…
Civil society activists and youths from southern Helmand province in a gathering in capital Kabul on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire and finding a peaceful solution to the conflict in the country. Around 40 people from Helmand…
Lawmakers from southern Helmand province on Saturday claimed the province was on the brink of collapse, asking the government to take action for controlling the situation. Following intense fights over the control of Greshk district between the Taliban…
The Taliban have captured the Nar-e-Siraj district of southern Helmand province, a local representative said on Friday. Provincial Council Head Attaullah Afghan said the Taliban captured the district police and NDS compound on Friday at around 10:00am. He…
Unidentified gunmen have set alight a school in the Nahr-i-Saraj district of southern Helmand province. Provincial police spokesman Mohammad Zaman told Pajhwok Afghan News on Saturday the school building was torched Saminar area last night. A large number…
One person was killed and three others wounded during an armed clash between gunmen loyal to a senator and the provincial police chief of southern Helmand province, a source said on Thursday. A security source wishing anonymity told…
A policeman was killed in a car suicide bomb attack in Greshk district of southern Helmand province last night. The incident took place at around 10pm (Thursday) in the Muhajir Bazaar area of the district, Greshk district police…
Suspected Taliban insurgents shot and killed an influential tribal elder in this capital city of southern Helmand province, the governor said on Friday. Governor Abdul Nabi Ilham said the elder was gunned down in Nehr Siraj area of…
Local security officials say 10 people have been killed in targeted attacks during the past one week in southern Helmand province, a matter that has worried local residents. Targeted attacks on government officials, civilians, security forces, media workers…
Taliban on Saturday claimed downing a government drone plane in southern Helmand province in an area under their control. Government sources say they have started investigating regarding the crashed drone. Taliban spokesman QariYousufAhmadi tweeted that a government drone…
Residents of southern Helmand province say poppy has been widely cultivated in the province not only in districts but in areas around Lashkargah, the provincial capital. Atta Mohammad, a resident of Helmand’s Nad Ali district, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Afghan National Army’s 215th Maiwand Military Corps sentenced a soldier in a fake court marshal and savagely thrashed him in southern Helmand province, relatives of the victim say. The soldier, Lt. Noor Rahman, is currently serving…
Many people, most of them children have infected with a mysterious disease causing stomach distension in southern Helmand province, local officials said Monday. Abdul Bari, a resident of Helmand province, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the stomach of…
The police chief on Tuesday claimed that 160 Taliban militants were killed and 52 others wounded in a recent operation in southern Helmand province. Police chief Wali Jan Sarhadi told Pajhwok Afghan News the operation had recently been…
Intelligence operatives have arrested four Taliban insurgents, including two commanders, in southern Helmand province, the spy service said on Sunday. A statement from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Helmand said the militants were detained during an…
