Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 25, 2016 Afghan authorities claimed security forces killed a senior Taliban commander they identified as the “shadow governor” of the southern province of Helmand. The Taliban denied the report, which came days after Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansur was killed by a U.S. airstrike in southwestern Pakistan. Omar Zwak, a
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, May 20 (Xinhua) — A total of 13 Taliban fighters including three key commanders have been killed in Marja district of the southern Helmand province on Friday, an army spokesman in the province, Brigadier Mohammad Rasoul Zazai said. “Security forces launched major offensive against Taliban rebels in Marja district late Thursday night
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 19, 2016 An Azerbaijani cargo plane has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing seven of its nine crew. A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan said the plane crashed on takeoff from Camp Dwyer, a military airport in Helmand Province, on May 18. There was “no military involvement” in the crash, he
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 14, 2016 At least three policemen have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a police training base in southern Afghanistan. Omar Zwak, spokesman for the governor of Helmand Province, said 10 others were wounded in the attack on May 14. Zwak said the attack targeted
Press TV May 10, 2016 Fifteen Afghan police were killed in an attack by the Taliban militants on two checkpoints close to Afghanistan’s southern city of Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province Tuesday. A senior security official of Helmand released the number of fatalities, saying, “The situation is very critical near” the city. Speaking on condition
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 6, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Afghan army commandos, with the support of the international military coalition, conducted an overnight raid and freed more than 60 prisoners from a Taliban-run detention center in southern Afghanistan, officials said Friday. A statement from NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Kabul said the illegal prison was located
Khaama Press: The acting Minister of Defense Masoom Stanikzai has said he will resign if the control of Helmand province falls to Taliban militants. The remarks by Stanikzai comes as the Taliban group has intensified offensive in this province during the past several months in a bid to capture the province. Click here to read more (external
Khaama Press: Fourteen civilians including children and teenage boys were released from a prison run by the Taliban. Quoting the released prisoners, NDS said the Taliban insurgents were sexually abusing the detained teenage boy and children. Click here to read more (external link).
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 26 (Xinhua) — Some 10 militants had been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, an army spokesman said on Saturday. “Based on a confirmed tip-off, the air raid operation was conducted on a compound in Marja district Friday evening, killing 10 Taliban militants,” Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Rassoul
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The Afghan military has raided a Taliban-held prison and freed 16 hostages, including civilian and security personnel, in the restive southern province of Helmand, officials said Monday. A Defense Ministry spokesman, Dawlat Waziri, told VOA the overnight raid in the district of Gerishk also killed 17 Taliban insurgents,