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Taliban suicide bomber kills 13 in Helmand: Afghan official

Kandahar - Emiratesvoice

A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 13 people in an attack on a convoy of Afghan soldiers in the restive southern province of Helmand late Sunday, an official said. "A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-filled car as the Afghan National Army convoy passed a small market in Nawa District of Helmand," Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor,Read more

US. Marines back in Helmand as Afghanistan 'stalemate' continues

Camp Shorab (Afghanistan) - Emirates Voice

The U.S. Marine Corps has returned to Helmand, the restive province in southern Afghanistan where it fought years of bloody battles with the Taliban, to help train Afghan forces struggling to contain the insurgency. Many of the 300 Marines coming to Helmand as part of the NATO-led Resolute Support training mission are veterans of previous tours in the province, whereRead more

Afghan airstrike kills 7 militants

Lashkar Gah - ArabToday

A total of seven Taliban insurgents have been killed as aircrafts pounded Taliban hideouts in Nawa district of the restive Helmand province on Sunday, said a statement of 215 Miwand Corps released here on Monday. According to the statement, a mine manufacturing facility of the Taliban was also destroyed in the raid. Taliban militants haven't commented on the report. TheRead more

3 killed, 30 injured in bus-truck collision in Afghanistan

Ghazni - ArabToday

Three people were killed and 30 others wounded after a bus collided head-on with an oil truck on a highway in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, provincial police chief said on Sunday. "The incident occurred in Nawaqampani locality of Muqur district late Saturday. The incident claimed the lives of three passengers and injured 30 others aboard the bus," Gen.Read more

civilian killed, 2 injured as rockets hit Afghan southern Lashkar Gah city

Lashkar Gah - ArabToday

At least one person was killed and two others sustained injuries as three rockets fired by militants hit Helmand provincial Lashkar Gah city 555 km south of Kabul on Wednesday, spokesman for provincial government Omar Zawak said. "Three rockets fired by enemies today morning. One of them slammed next to Traffic Police department, martyring a school student and injuring twoRead more

Clash leaves 24 militants dead in south Afghanistan

Lashkar - ArabToday

Up to two dozen Taliban militants have been killed and 25 others injured in Sangin district of the southern Helmand province in Afghanistan, according to a statement of 215 Miwand Corps released here Wednesday. According to the statement, 19 Taliban fighters have been killed in the ground and airstrikes; while five more militants were killed in a mine blast overRead more

Afghan forces destroy 6 heroin labs

Kabul - ArabToday

The Afghan security forces have destroyed six heroin labs, as the war-hit country struggled to fight the narcotics, said Defense Ministry on Sunday. The Afghan National Army's Special Forces carried out operations in Sangin and Naw Zad districts of southern Helmand province on Friday, destroying six heroin factories, it said in a statement posted on the ministry's website. Among theRead more

US Marines to return to Afghanistan

Washington - Arab Today

Some 300 US Marines will head to Helmand province in Afghanistan this spring to help a NATO-led mission to train Afghan forces, the Marines said. The move puts Marines back in Helmand, who left in 2014 as NATO withdrew its forces and let Afghan troops lead the fight against the Taliban. They were among the first US forces sent toRead more

Car bombing rocks South Afghan province

Lashkar Gah - ArabToday

Casualties were feared after a car bombing rocked Lashkar Gah city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, on Monday, a local official said. source: XinhuaRead more

At least 1 killed in car bombing in South Afghan province

Lashkar Gah - ArabToday

At least one Afghan policeman was killed after a car bombing rocked Lashkar Gah city, capital of southern Helmand province, on Monday, a local official said. "A terrorist rammed a car bomb into a moving police humvee vehicle in Darwaz-e-Kandahar locality of the city. As we knew, one policeman died and two others were wounded by the explosion," a provincialRead more