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TOLOnews
March 14, 2018
At least two border policemen were killed in a car bomb in southern Helmand province early Wednesday, local officials confirmed. The attack took place at about 8:30am local time in Nad Ali district while the border police had gathered in the area, a spokesman for the provincial governor, Omar Zwak said.
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 6, 2018
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A dozen militants have been killed, three captured alive and six others wounded in separate clearing operations in southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday. Maj. Abdul Qader Bahaderzai, spokesmen for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, told Pajhwok AfghanÃâà...
Voice of America
March 1, 2018
Helmand provincial police officials say the alleged German national, whose identity has yet to be revealed, was a Taliban adviser in southern Helmand province for the past year and was arrested during a raid on a suspected Taliban bomb-making compound. "The German national was serving as anÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
March 1, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — A man believed to be a German national is being questioned at Kandahar Air Field after being caught with a group of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's restive southern Helmand province, officials said Thursday. Afghan forces detained the man and three insurgents during a night raidÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 26, 2018
At least two civilians were killed in a Taliban attack in Helmand province on Monday night, local officials said Tuesday. The provincial governor's spokesman Omar Zowak confirmed the incident and said it happened on Monday night when Taliban attacked security check posts in Baba Wali area of GreshkÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 24, 2018
The bombings happened in Nad Ali district and Lashkargah city of Helmand province, local officials said. Helmand provincial governor's spokesman Omar Zowak confirmed the blasts and said that three soldiers were killed, and 10 others were wounded. “Unfortunately, this morning two car bombs, one inÃâà...
New York Times
February 24, 2018
The Taliban also staged two suicide strikes in Helmand Province, including the one involving the explosive-laden Humvee, which are armored and are ... Those attacks killed two soldiers and wounded about a dozen civilians, including women and children, according to regional and hospital officials.
TOLOnews
February 19, 2018
Local officials said the Taliban suffered a record number of casualties during the course of the year. Thumbnail. Over 2,000 Taliban fighters were killed and wounded during the course of last year in Helmand province, local officials said on Monday. Provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat said that 2017 wasÃâà...
Gandhara
December 31, 1999
At least 10 suspected insurgents were killed and 13 wounded in an operation by Afghan security forces in the southern province of Helmand, authorities say. Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on March 10 that the operation was conducted in the Khoshkaba area ofÃâà...
