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    LASHKARGAH,Sept 7, 2009 : Workers are busy digging a big canal in the city of Lashkargah capital of southern Helmand province on Monday. The USAID funded project provides job opportunities to 500 people and would take six months with a cost of 288,000 US dollars, officials say. PAJHWOK/Zainullah Astanakzai

    LASHKARGAH,Sept 7, 2009 : Workers are busy digging a big canal in the city of Lashkargah capital of southern Helmand province on Monday.

    LASHKARGAH Aug 20, 2009: Governor of southern Helmand province Muhammad Gulab Mangal visits a polling station in Lashkargah, provincial capital, to cast his vote in the presidential elections here on Thursday. PAJHWOK/Zainullah Stanakzai

    LASHKARGAH Aug 20, 2009: Governor of southern Helmand province Muhammad Gulab Mangal visits a polling station in Lashkargah, provincial capital, to cast his vote in the presidential elections here on

    LASHKARGAH,Aug 2, 2009 : Participants of a special gathering held in provincial council hall of the southern Helmand province here on Sunday.

    LASHKARGAH, 30 July 2009 : Police show four arrested insurgents to media people in the southern province of Helmand.

    LASHKARGAH, July 09 2009: Gulab Mangal, governor of the southern province of Helmand, hoists a national flag in Khanshin district.

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 23 2009: An employee of a road construction company guides a truck driver for asphalting the road in the southern Helmand province on Tuesday. Work on a road started while another one was opened after its completion in Helmand. PAJHWOK/Zainullah Stanakzai

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 23 2009: An employee of a road construction company guides a truck driver for asphalting the road in the southern Helmand province on Tuesday.

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 15 2009: The weapons are being displayed after seized by intelligence agents in the southern Helmand province during the last year. The recovered weapons were handed over to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Group (DIAG) officials on Monday. PAJHWOK/Zainullah Stanakzai

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 15 2009: The weapons are being displayed after seized by intelligence agents in the southern Helmand province during the last year.

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 11 2009: Bodybuilder Shukrullah, who won the award of national hero in the countrywide bodybuilding competition in Kabul, demonstrates before media people in Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand, Thursday. PAJHWOK/Zainullah Stanakzai

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 11 2009: Bodybuilder Shukrullah, who won the award of national hero in the countrywide bodybuilding competition in Kabul, demonstrates before media people in Lashkargah, capital of sou

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 11 2009: Food aid including edibles, clothing and other items ready for distribution to war-displaced families in Lashkargah in the lawless southern Helmand province on Thursday. PAJHWOK/Zainullah Stanakzai

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 11 2009: Food aid including edibles, clothing and other items ready for distribution to war-displaced families in Lashkargah in the lawless southern Helmand province on Thursday.

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 11 2009: Officials pose for a photograph after receiving certificates of training in management skills in Lashkargah, capital of the southern Helmand province. More than 80 officials attended the training. PAJHWOK/Zainullah Stanakzai

    LASHKARGAH, Jun 11 2009: Officials pose for a photograph after receiving certificates of training in management skills in Lashkargah, capital of the southern Helmand province.