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27 Sep 2021

Taliban ban barbers in Helmand from shaving and trimming beards

A media report said that the officials from the Ministry of Islamic Orientation, at a meeting with representatives of men`s hairdressing salons in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, advised against styling hair and shaving beards.

30 Nov 2018

Afghanistan: 23 civilians killed in US Helmand air strike, says UN

The US military says it is investigating the incident on Tuesday in which a helicopter hit a compound during a joint operation with U.S. and Afghan forces in Garmsir district in Helmand.

Afghan suicide bomb attack

27 Aug 2017

Suicide bomb attack kills 13 in Afghanistan's Helmand

No group including Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

27 Aug 2017

Afghan security forces kill 21 militants in Helmand province

The airstrikes were carried out jointly by the Afghan and foreign forces based in the country.

23 Aug 2017

Taliban suicide bomber targeting Afghan police kills seven

The suicide attacker with a car bomb struck in Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern province of Helmand.

23 Aug 2017

Five killed, 40 injured in suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan's Helmand

According to Zwak, the incident happened outside police headquarters, which is close to a Madrassa.

22 Jul 2017

Son of Afghan Taliban leader dies carrying out suicide attack

The son of Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada died on Thursday carrying out a suicide attack in the province of Helmand in southern Afghanistan, one of the insurgent movement`s main spokesmen said.

22 Jun 2017

At least 29 dead as car bomb hits bank in southern Afghanistan

No group has claimed responsibility for the brazen attack, but it comes as the Taliban ramp up their nationwide spring offensive despite government calls for a ceasefire during Ramadan.

29 Apr 2017

US Marines return to Afghanistan`s volatile Helmand

The first to be deployed in the war-torn country since NATO forces ended their combat role in 2014.

28 Feb 2017

Taliban kill 12 Afghan police with silenced weapons

Taliban fighters now control most of Helmand, including areas in Lashkar Gah.

08 Jan 2017

United States to deploy 300 soldiers in Helmand province to fight Taliban

The United States will deploy around 300 soldiers in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.

23 Nov 2016

12 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

Afghan security forces have killed at least a dozen Taliban militants, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

14 Oct 2016

More than 200 police, soldiers killed: Afghan officials

Taliban have taken control of most of Helmand, source of most of the world's heroin, in the past year.

01 Oct 2016

11 civilians killed in Afghanistan's Helmand blast

At least 11 civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan`s southern province of Helmand on Saturday, sources said.

23 Aug 2016

US soldier killed in anti-Taliban battle in Afghanistan

An American soldier was killed Tuesday during an anti-Taliban operation near the capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, US-led NATO forces said.

15 Jul 2016

62 militants killed in Afghanistan

At least 62 militants were killed in a day in Afghanistan by security forces.

21 Jun 2016

Taliban fighters kidnap at least 25 men from buses in Afghanistan's south

Taliban fighters in the southern Afghan province of Helmand stopped vehicles and detained at least 25 people, officials said on Tuesday, as the insurgents continued a series of abductions on Afghanistan`s highways over the past few weeks.

30 Mar 2016

Fight with Taliban kills 15 security troops: Afghan official

An Afghan official says at least 15 members of the country's security forces have been killed in a gunbattle with the Taliban in southern Uruzgan province.

26 Mar 2016

73 militants killed in U.S airstrike in Afghanistan''s Helmand province

At least 73 militants were killed in an airstrike conducted by the U.S troops in Afghanistan`s southern Helmand province.

26 Mar 2016

10 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan airstrike

At least 10 militants were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's Helmand province, an army spokesman said on Saturday.

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