Hundreds of people including women have been provided with work opportunities in southern Helmand province by the agriculture department and the World Food Program (WFP), officials say. Zalmai Alko, Helmand agriculture director, told a meeting in Lashkargah, the…
Four Al Qaeda members were among 15 militants killed during an airstrike in Nawa district of southern Helmand province last night, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday. The ministry in a statement said Taliban militants were planting…
A convoy of the Afghan National Army (ANA) was hit by an explosion in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province on Sunday. A statement from the provincial police headquarters said military convoy was struck by a car…
Two civilians were killed and four others wounded when a roadside bomb tore through their vehicle in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province on Saturday, officials said. Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), told…
At least 18 Taliban insurgents have been killed and wounded during an airstrike in the Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, local officials said on Saturday, but the rebels claimed civilians also suffered casualties in the attack.…
A journalist of Azadi Radio was killed and three others including a reporter were wounded in a bomb explosion in southern Helmand province on Thursday. Governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Elyas Dayee, a reporter…
KABUL’s southern Helmand Province, according to a statement on Wednesday. Men, women and government forces. Many ran for their lives with no belongings. Although the exact extent of new displacement is unknown, local authorities estimate more than 5,000 families (nearly…
Nineteen dead bodies and more than 100 injured people have been brought to hospitals following recent fighting in southern Helmand province, sources said on Wednesday. Security forces and Taliban fighters were engaged in heavy fighting for few days…
At least 5,100 families have been displaced so far due to the recent fighting between security forces and armed Taliban militants in southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. Syed Mohammad Ramin, director of refugee and returnee…
At least 170 Taliban militants have been killed and hundreds of others wounded in security forces operations during the last 48 hours in southern Helmand province, police said on Monday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Khalil Rahman Jawad told…
At least 41 Taliban militants have been killed and another four wounded during security forces’ operations in southern Helmand and southeastern Paktia provinces, officials said on Sunday. In a statement, the Helmand governor’s house said Taliban insurgents stormed…
Seven civilians have lost their lives in two roadside bombings in southern Helmand and western Herat provinces, officials said on Saturday. In the Greshk district of Helmand, roadside bomb ripped through a passenger bus on Saturday morning, the…
At least eight people, including women and children, were killed when a riverboat sank in Kajaki district of southern Helmand province on Wednesday, an official said. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened…
KABUL (MoPH) has provided eight ventilators to the Health Department of southern Helmand province, but only two dysfunctional respiratory devices are available in the province, local officials said on Sunday. After Pajhwok Afghan News released a report regarding the…
Five Afghan soldiers have been killed and seven others wounded in a Taliban attack in southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. The militants stormed a base housing Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and intelligence personnel in…
At least seven members of a family were killed and two others injured on Thursday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Nehr Seraj district of southern Helmand province. The landmine tore through the civilian vehicle early…
At least eight civilians were killed as a result of a bomb bombing in southern Helmand province on Wednesday, an official said. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the roadside explosion hit a civilian vehicle…
Local officials say 79 Taliban militants and 15 Afghan security personnel have been killed during the last two weeks in southern Helmand province. Helmand governor, Mohammad Yasin Khan, talking to a press conference in Lashkargah, the provincial capital,…
National Directorate of Security (NDS) has arrested 11 alleged target killers in southern Helmand province, an official said on Thursday. Governor Spokesperson Umar Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News these suspected target killers had been rounded up from Lashkargah,…
Taliban militants have killed five policemen after accusing them of robbing people on a highway in Garamsir district of southern Helmand province, sources said Sunday. A government source, who declined to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
At least 14 militants have been killed and three others wounded during clashes with the security forces in southern Zabul and Helmand provinces, officials said on Sunday. Col. Ahmad Jan Ahmadi, an Afghan National Army (ANA) official in…
Intelligence operatives confiscated a vehicle laden with weapons in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Thursday, police said. Police chief Brig. Gen. Khalilullah Rahman told Pajhwok Afghan News that some Kalashnikovs, M16 bullets and one M16…
A number of residents of southern Helmand province say if the American troops are withdrawn in haste from the province, it would gravely threaten security of Lashkargah, the provincial capital. The residents are expressing their concern about Lashkargah’s…
A suspected coronavirus case has surfaced in southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday. Governor Mohammad Yaseen Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News the individual with coronavirus had come to Helmand from Herat province. His test has been…
