LASHKARGAH (PAN): Up to 25 Taliban insurgents were killed during a joint operation by Afghan and international troops in the southern province of Helmand, officials said on Monday.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): A joint Afghan-international force killed three Taliban militants and arrested four others in southern Helmand province, officials said on Wednesday.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): The governor of southern Helmand province on Tuesday asked tribal elders and religious scholars to help the government in its war against poppy growing.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Taliban fighters attacked guards working for a road construction company, killing eight and wounding another three in southern Helmand province, officials said on Monday.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Unidentified armed men shot dead a tribal elder on Saturday when he was heading to a mosque for the morning prayer in southern Helmand province, officials said.
LASHKARGHAH (PAN): A suicide bomber crashed his motorcycle into a police vehicle, killing two policemen and two civilians in southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): An Afghan aid worker has been shot dead in southern Helmand province, an official said, in the latest attack by insurgents on employees working for foreign organizations.
