Press TV October 11, 2016 Afghanistan has sent hundreds of troops to Lashkargah in a bid to purge the strategic city of Taliban militants after an attack by the resurgent group claimed the lives of 14 people. The government’s special envoy for security in Helmand province said more than 300 commandos had been deployed to the city on Tuesday to
Press TV October 10, 2016 Taliban militants have reportedly entered the capital of Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand after launching a large-scale attack in the area. The militants attacked security checkpoints inside the city of Lashkargah on Monday, said the Interior Ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqq. Sediqq said the country’s security forces “will soon push them
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — More than 100 detainees, including security personnel and civilians, were set free Monday from a Talian detention center in the restive Helmand province. Spokesman for the provincial government Omar Zawak said the liberation came after the government forces overrun the center earlier in the day. “Units of Special
Press TV September 7, 2016 The capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan is on the brink of falling into militants’ hands in the wake of an advance by Taliban, who have taken position within a few kilometers of the city. Abdul Karim, the head of Uruzgan provincial council, on Wednesday warned of the collapse of
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 31, 2016 ISLAMABAD — More than 900 Afghan security personnel died in July while battling Taliban insurgents, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said Wednesday. General John Nicholson of NATO’s Resolute Support mission made the revelation during a year in which Taliban fighters have made territorial advances, fighting
Tolo News: Security officials said Tuesday the road connecting Marjah district with Lashkargah city in Helmand has been reopened to traffic – 20 days after their clearing operation started. Until Tuesday the Taliban had essentially formed a ring around the provincial capital cutting off the city. Click here to read more (external link). More Security News Brother
Press TV August 29, 2016 At least nine civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in two separate roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan. According to Afghan officials, the first blast took place in the country’s southern province of Helmand on Monday, killing six people and wounding five others, including three women and
Press TV August 27, 2016 A US drone attack has killed 22 Afghan soldiers held by Taliban militants in the southern Helmand province, while Taliban have overrun a strategic district elsewhere. Provincial officials announced the fatalities on Saturday. Taliban also confirmed the death toll, saying the airstrike had killed three of the group’s members in the Nad-e-Ali district on Thursday.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — About 24 militants, including an insurgents’ local military chief, were killed after Afghan army warplanes struck a Taliban hideout in restive southern province of Helmand, authorities said Friday. “The Taliban military chief named Kako for Nad Ali district and 23 militants were killed following an airstrike conducted Thursday
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 24, 2016 KABUL — At least 12 people, including seven students, were killed during a 10-hour assault by gunmen on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. The attack began on August 24 with a large explosion that officials said was a car bomb followed by gunfire as the