A year-long enmity between two families in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, has turned into peace as a result of mediation efforts by a tribal jirga. Sardar Mohammad Hamdard, a member of the tribal jirga, told…
A fire broke out at a shop in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, last night, reducing to ashes goods worth one million afghanis, an official said on Saturday. Deputy information and culture director Mualvi Mohammad Qasim…
Work on four key projects has been launched in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Lashkargah Municipality Spokesperson Mohammad TahirAbshar said the projects worth 20 million afs were funded from the development…
The World Food Programme (WFP) has provided cash assistance to 8,000 vulnerable families in southern Helmand province, an official said on Thursday. Work and Social Affairs Director Eng. Habibullah Dindost told Pajhwok Afghan News each family was provided…
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…
Taliban insurgents captured several police districts of Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, and clashes are underway in other areas, government sources said on Monday. But security officials said the Taliban attacks were repulsed and the rebels…
Taliban fighters are closing in on Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, scaring hundreds of residents into fleeing the city. Heavily-armed militants stormed into the 4th police district of Lashkargah on Sunday night before overrunning a number…
Two nephews of the Wolesi Jirga attack in southern Helmand province, an official said. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants attacked Karim Khan Atal’s nephews in the provincial capital on Monday night. The…
An intelligence operative was killed and another wounded as result of a bomb blast in Lashkargah City, the capital city of southern Helmand province on Sunday, an official said. A security official, who wished to go unnamed, told…
Hundreds of residents of southern Helmand province on Tuesday staged a protest rally against what they claimed the killing and wounding of 40 people in a security forces airstrike. The protestors said the dead and wounded included women…
Flash floods swept away dozens of homes and inundated hundreds of acres of farmland in southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Obaidullah, a resident of Babaje area on the outskirts of Lashkargah, the provincial capital, told…
About 43 schoolgirls in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, were hospitalized after falling unconscious on Monday, officials said. Public Health Director Dr. Aminullah Abid told Pajhwok Afghan News the poisoned girls were evacuated to Bost Hospital…
Several areas surrounding Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, would be cleared of Taliban insurgents during an operation to be launched soon, the police chief said Thursday. Brig Gen. Abdul Ghafar Safi told a press conference here…
A fire gutted ornamental and other trees on around 17.5 acres of forest land near Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday. The fire that broke out in the forest along the Helmand…
Fourteen policemen have been killed in the Taliban group attack on a check-post in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, a reliable government source said on Sunday. Initially a clash erupted between policemen which was followed by…
Twelve policemen were killed in the Taliban overnight attack in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday. Deputy Police Chief Haji Guli Khani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban attacked a police check-post…
Two dozen militants have been killed in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, officials said on Wednesday. On the other hand, the Taliban claimed inflicting casualties on the security forces in a string of clashes. Cap. Ahmad…
Security officials on Thursday claimed pushing back the Taliban from Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, but the rebel group said it had surrounded the city. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military…
Four more security posts have fallen to Taliban in Lashkaragh, the capital of southern Helmand province where heavy clashes are ongoing, an official said Saturday. A security official, wishing not to be named, confided to Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least 28 security personnel have been so far wounded during an ongoing clash with Taliban insurgents in the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. The fighting erupted between the two sides on Friday…
Tight security measures have been put in place in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, and areas under government’s control on the eve of religious festival Eidul Adha starting tomorrow. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hakim Angar, the 505…
