Albawaba: More than 50 schools have been closed due to recent clashes between security forces and insurgents in the provincial capital and three nearby districts of southern Helmand province, education officials said on Wednesday. Helmand education director Abdul Matin Jaffar told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive interview that 51 schools had been closed in Lashkargah, Nad Ali, Marja and Greshk districts as a result of recent insecurity. He said the closure of the schools had driven 42,000 students both boys and girls out of school. Click here to read more (external link).