RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 24, 2018 Afghan officials said a suicide bomber has killed two security personnel and wounded seven in an attack in the diplomatic area of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the attack occurred around 8:15 a.m.
Press TV February 10, 2018 At least six local policemen have been killed and several others wounded in a militant attack on their checkpoints in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand. District police chief Amanullah, who goes by only one name, said Saturday that the assault was carried out the previous night in Nawa district. Qari Yusouf
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 2, 2018 A top U.S. commander says he has seen improvement in Afghan forces’ capabilities in the fight against Taliban extremists in Helmand Province since the American military returned to the troubled region nine months ago. But Marine Brigadier General Roger Turner told a Pentagon news briefing on February 1
VOA News / December 27, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — A suicide car bombing at a military base in southern Afghanistan Wednesday killed at least two soldiers and wounded 15 others. The attack happened in Lashkargah, capital of restive Helmand province, and targeted a contingent of Afghan National Army soldiers who were about to leave the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 24, 2017 At least seven civilians were killed when a roadside bomb hit their van in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, local officials said. Three others were wounded in the blast, which occurred in the district of Marja early on December 24, said Mirza Hussain Alizada, a provincial council
Press TV / December 17, 2017 The Taliban militants have killed at least 11 Afghan policemen in separate attacks on checkpoints in the volatile province of Helmand in southern Afghanistan, officials say. In the latest blow to the war-ravaged country’s beleaguered security forces, Taliban militants launched coordinated attacks against two police checkpoints in the Qalai Sang
VOA News / December 12, 2017 Carla Babb PENTAGON — American military officials say the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has destroyed 25 illegal drug-processing laboratories in Helmand province, eliminating $80 million in narcotics money during the first three weeks of an air campaign aimed at countering Taliban revenue. Speaking via teleconference from Kabul, U.S. Air Force
Press TV December 3, 2017 A Taliban commander was killed last week during an operation by Afghan forces in the southern province of Helmand, intelligence sources say. Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency said in a statement on Sunday that Mullah Shah Wali, also known as Mullah Naser, was killed in an air raid. The National Directorate
VOA News December 2, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Saturday recently launched joint strikes against Taliban sources of revenue have destroyed more than $50 million worth of narcotics in southern Helmand province. Afghanistan produces about 85 percent of the world’s opium. Income generated from drugs is providing 60 percent of the
Tolo News: Kandahar’s police chief General Abdul Raziq said that Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada visited Helmand a week and a half ago where he met with Taliban members. Raziq said that the visit had been at the request of Pakistan’s intelligence services, ISI. According to him, the Taliban leader visited Mosa Qala in Helmand after