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    Foreign forces pull out of Nawzad district

    by Zainullah StanikzaionMay 20, 2012 - 16:59

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): International troops have pulled out of the Nawzad district of southern Helmand province, leaving security responsibility for the town to Afghan forces, officials said on Sunday. 

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    LASHKARGAH, May 19, 2012: Helmand Governor Muhammad Gulab Mangal addresses a traditional poetic session titled "Sapaand-Seend" (Stormy River) in capital city of southern Helmand province.

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    Poetry session held in Lashkargah

    by Zainullah StanikzaionMay 18, 2012 - 15:27

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): A poetry session, attended by dozens of poets and writers, was held on Thursday night in the capital of southern Helmand province, officials said on Friday.

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    Security and Crime

    NATO airstrike kills 3 bombers in Helmand

    by Zainullah StanikzaionMay 15, 2012 - 17:49

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Local officials in the southern province of Helmand on Tuesday said three militants involved in roadside bombings were killed in a NATO airstrike.

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    Security and Crime

    Helmand elders want MP brought to justice

    by Zainullah StanikzaionMay 14, 2012 - 19:30

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Hundreds of tribal elders and former jihadi leaders on Monday asked the government to bring lawmaker Abdul Jabbar Qaharaman to justice for his “atrocities” during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.

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    LASHKARGAH, May 13, 2012: Locals attend a gathering organised by a Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) member, Jabar Qahraman, in southern Helmand province.
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    Security and Crime

    11 rebels killed in Helmand, 4 women injured in Kapisa

    by Zainullah Stanikzai & Bakhtar SafionMay 12, 2012 - 14:47

    LASHKARGAH/MEHMOOD RAQI (PAN): Nearly a dozen Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes with police in southern Helmand province, while four women were wounded in a rocket attack in central Kapisa province, officials said on Saturday.

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    Security and Crime

    7 of a family killed in Helmand blast

    by Zainullah StanikzaionMay 11, 2012 - 10:40

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Seven members of a family, including five children, were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southern Helmand province, an official said on Friday.

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    Security and Crime

    Helmand police claim foiling group attacks

    by Zainullah StanikzaionMay 6, 2012 - 15:30

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Security forces thwarted possible group attacks by the insurgents in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.

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    Security and Crime

    13 Taliban perish in airstrike, gunbattle

    by Zainullah Stanikzai & Obaidullah BaidaronMay 4, 2012 - 13:07

    LASHKARGAH/LAGHMAN (PAN): Thirteen Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrike and a gunbattle in southern Helmand and eastern Laghman provinces, officials said on Friday.

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