LASHKARGAH (PAN): The Mayor on Wednesday said his department had completed reconstruction projects, costing $1.5 million, in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Thirty-nine government departments owe 77 million afghanis in unpaid electricity bills to the power utility in southern Helmand province, a senior official said on Tuesday.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Six prisoners were injured during a clash with police in the central jail of southern Helmand province on Monday, when two policemen were captured by inmates, an official said.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Three policemen and five militants were killed in a clash during a poppy-eradication campaign in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday.
LASDHKARGAH (PAN): Authorities in southern Helmand provinces on Monday poured scorn on a British newspaper report that likened local security forces to criminals.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Three civilians were killed and six others wounded when a car struck a roadside bomb in the Marja district of southern Helmand province on Monday, an official said.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): A fresh poppy eradication campaign has been launched in southern Helmand province, the world’s largest opium-producing region, an official said on Monday.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): A 26-year-old resident of southern Helmand province, Noor Ahmad, who was released from 45 days in Afghan Taliban's captivity in the southern Pakistani city of Quetta, described the period the most disturbing in his life as he lost his left arm to frequent injections.
