Tag: Helmand province

Journalist taken hostage by Taliban in Helmand province

As per media reports, the provincial in charge of Nai (Open Media Advocate in Afghanistan), Abul Sami Ghairatmal said that Hemat was taken out of his home in Nawa district on Monday.

August 9, 2021

10 soldiers killed in blast in Afghanistan, 4 hurt

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

December 28, 2019

Erroneous airstrikes kill 5 soldiers in Afghanistan

This is not the first time that the so-called friendly fire has claimed the lives of Afghan security personnel.

June 12, 2019

US airstrike kills 16 Afghan policemen

Sixteen police personnel were killed in a US-led coalition forces airstrike in Helmand province of Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. According to a statement, the US-led forces accidentally struck "local security personnel aligned with Afghan government forces in Greshk district of the province", Khaama Press reported. "We would like to extend our deepest condolences to...

July 22, 2017

Military operations kill 9 in Afghanistan

Military operations have killed nine civilians in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, a local security official said. "During operations which launched at 2.00 a.m. local time today (Sunday) in Malgir area of Gereshk district, nine civilians including three women, four children and two men were killed," Xinhua news agency quoted the official as saying...

April 2, 2017

What fall of Sangin means

By seizing the strategically located Sangin district, with a population of less than 100,000, Taliban insurgents have gained control of more than 50 per cent of southern Helmand province. The town has literally been a major killing field for British, US and Afghan soldiers over the past 16 years of war in Afghanistan. A vital...

March 27, 2017

Afghan forces free 32 hostages from Taliban-run detention centre

At least 32 Afghans were set free after army commandos raided a Taliban-run detention centre in the southern Helmand province, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. "Units of Afghan National Defence and Security Forces raided a Taliban prison in Cha-e-Mirza locality, Nad Ali district on Sunday night and released 32 people who had been taken...

March 13, 2017