KABUL militants in southern Helmand province, the spy service said Wednesday. The depot contained a huge amount of weapons and ammunition, read a statement from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Kabul. It said the raid targeted hideouts of…
More than 870 female students graduated from high schools in southern Helmand province this year, an official said on Monday, rejecting some reports in this regard. Helmand education department officials said there were some reports that not a…
Hundreds of tribal elders, religious scholars, civil society agree to ceasefire. The gathering in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, late on Saturday was addressed by PPM leader Iqbal Khyber, who said the ongoing war had no purpose except killing…
KABUL centers would be set up at a cost of $3.9 million in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said in a statement on Tuesday. The MoPH statement received by Pajhwok Afghan News said an…
At least 20 Taliban insurgent including two commanders of the group have been killed in airstrikes in Sangin, Nawa and Mosa Qala districts of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Lt. Abdul Qader Bahadarzai a spokesman…
At least six people, including four children, were killed on Sunday when a passenger vehicle plunged into water in southern Helmand province, an official said. Muladad Tobagar, the Greshk district administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
The Taliban have freed 25 members of the People’s Peace Movement (PPM) after arresting them two days ahead of Eidul Fitr upong reaching Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province. Bacha Khan Mauladad, the movement spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Afghan army commandos broke a Taliban prison and freed 33 captive soldiers during a raid in the Kajaki district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Friday. The last night raid was conducted in Abdar Karez area…
Members of the Peace Movement in southern Helmand province have embarked on a new foot journey to the Taliban-controlled Musa Qala district to urge peace and ceasefire. Leader of the movement, Iqbal Khyber, said they had previously held…
At least three people, including a man and his pregnant wife, were killed and two children injured as a result of a traffic accident in the capital of southern Helmand province on Tuesday morning, an official said. Omar…
At least three security forces and 10 Taliban have been killed and in northern Kunduz and southern Helmand provinces, officials said on Sunday. Kunduz police chief Col. Manzoor Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants stormed a…
A number of farmers and agriculture department officials say that peach yield has significantly increased and poppy cultivation reduced for the first time in southern Helmand province. Around 95 peach gardens have been established in different parts of…
Some residents of southern Helmand province on Thursday urged the government to conduct clearing operations against militants throughout the province as soon as possible. Quatratullah, a resident of the Kajaki district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants…
A third polio positive case has surfaced in Nawzad district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. Public Health had earlier banned polio vaccination in Washer and Nawzad districts but the restriction was recently lifted. He…
A number of school students in southern Helmand province complain their annual exams are about to begin but they still lack text books. Farid Ahmad, a student at Abdul Samad Rouhani High School in Lashkargah, the provincial capital,…
A man in southern Helmand province killed her wife who served as police, an official said on Monday. Police Spokesman Lt. Mohamad Zaman told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the Zare Qala area in the…
Foreign forces killed 18 Taliban militants in a rocket strike in Sangin district of southern Helmand province late last night, the Afghan military said on Thursday. The rocket attack targeted a compound which the Taliban used as bomb…
Residents of southern Helmand province on Thursday staged a protest rally against growing insecurity and urged the government to control the situation. The demonstration by Lashkargah residents comes after police gunned down a young man in the provincial…
Two new polio cases have surfaced in Washer and Nawzad districts of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Public Health had earlier banned polio vaccination in the the districts but the restriction was lifted recently. In…
Like the people of other provinces, residents and the People Peace Movement members on Sunday staged a protest demonstration against the government’s and the Taliban’s spring offensives in southern Helmand province. The two warring sides – the government…
KABUL shadow district chief with weapons in southern Helmand province and recovered a cache of weapons in southwestern Nimroz province, according to a statement on Sunday. The NDS Special Forces have captured Mullah Abdul Ghafoor, the Taliban shadow district chief…
Commander of the 215th Maiwand Military Corps’ third brigade has been killed in a Taliban ambush in southern Helmand province, an official said Monday. Maj. Sher Mohammad and another soldier were killed and two other soldiers were wounded…
Hundreds of residents on Tuesday protested in southern Helmand province against the detention of two women during an Afghan forces operation and demanded their prompt release. Former President Hamid Karzai also condemned the incident and asked for the…
KABUL insurgents, including seven organisers of suicide attacks, have been killed and several others wounded in southern Helmand province. In a statement, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the special forces raided a Taliban hideout in the Showrki area of…
