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
Tolo News: Lashkargah city is under siege from all four directions by Taliban insurgents and all its routes leading to the city are closed. Residents in the area have said they are tired of the current situation. “We are tired of the situation all four directions into Lashkargah are under siege,” said Sifatullah a resident. Click here
VOA News August 23, 2016 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — An American soldier died as a result of wounds sustained during operations in the southern Afghan province of Helmand Tuesday while another was wounded, the U.S. military said. It said in a statement released in Kabul that the wounded soldier is in stable condition. Six Afghan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 22, 2016 Around 100 U.S. troops in Afghanistan have been deployed to a southern city at risk of falling to the Taliban. The spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan said the soldiers had arrived in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province, to provide training and support to Afghan forces.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug.15 (Xinhua) — Fierce fighting has been continuing in parts of the restive Helmand province as 32 more Taliban fighters have been killed in the beleaguered province over the past 24 hours, spokesman for provincial government Omar Zawak said Monday. “A total of 32 Taliban rebels including three commanders have been killed
Press TV August 11, 2016 Heavy clashes are going on between government forces and Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand. The fighting raged on across the restive region on Thursday after military reinforcements were sent to push back the Taliban militants who have been advancing on Lashkar Gah, the besieged provincial capital of the
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in Afghanistan and the United States military have dismissed concerns the capital of restive Helmand province or any other district there was on the verge of collapse to the Taliban. The largest Afghan province has been the scene of fierce battles between the insurgents and Afghan troops
Press TV August 10, 2016 The Afghan army is sending reinforcements to the capital of the key southern province of Helmand to reverse the Taliban gains in the area. According to Kareem Atal, the head of Helmand’s provincial council, Taliban militants have completely surrounded Lashkar Gah and there are fears it could fall to the