The Taliban are collecting their bodies in Garmsir city, Helmand province.
Friday, 23 July , 2021Four others wounded as Taliban fighters dig tunnel before attacking military compound in the southern Helmand province.
Saturday, 28 December , 2019Helmand province in Afghanistan hit the first place in opium production, 136 thousand hectares, around 24 kg production per hectare in 2018.
Wednesday, 26 June , 2019Afghan forces repelled a Taliban attack at deadly cost after the militants assaulted a large military base in the southern province of Helmand late on February 28.
Saturday, 2 March , 2019Reports have emerged that Hafiz Obeidullah Obeidah, recently appointed by the Taliban as the Vice Chancellor of Kabul University, was previously apprehended as a suicide bomber in Kandahar.
Sunday, 28 January , 2024The Taliban intelligence directorate in Helmand province has warned social media activists to refrain from publishing criticism and anti-government news.
Friday, 13 May , 2022Ariana News Agency: A source in the Taliban announced the appointment of a former Guantanamo detainee to head the Afghan Ministry of Defense. A Taliban source told the media that Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir, a member of the group and a former Guantanamo detainee, had been appointed acting head of the Afghan Ministry of Defense. […]
Friday, 27 August , 2021Ariana News Agency: The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the 28th report of the Analysis and Monitoring Team of the UN Security Council Punishment Committee has reaffirmed the Taliban’s continued relations with international terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda.
Thursday, 29 July , 2021Ariana News Agency: Rahmatullah Nabil wrote on his Facebook account that the man is the Taliban governor for Helmand, who was recently released among 5,000 Taliban prisoners and is currently leading the war in Helmand.
Sunday, 25 July , 2021The Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack at a military centre in southern Helmand province in Afghanistan where at least 150 members of the Afghan army and intelligence wing were stationed.
Tuesday, 5 May , 2020The Afghanistan Journalists Center has documented 116 cases of violence, threats, insults and harassment against journalists and media workers over the past 12 months.
Saturday, 21 March , 2020Al-Qaeda’s relations with the Taliban “continue to be close and mutually beneficial,” according to UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team responsible for tracking terrorist groups around the globe.
Saturday, 1 February , 2020The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan for past seven days.
Saturday, 4 January , 2020With aid and training from the CIA, Afghan paramilitary forces have carried out a spree of war crimes and other “grave” abuses against civilians – including torture and executions – an investigation by Human Rights Watch found.
Sunday, 3 November , 2019At least 32 people were reportedly killed and 123 more injured in 113 attacks across Afghanistan on the day of the presidential election. The Taliban Islamist movement claimed responsibility for at least 64 attacks.
Sunday, 29 September , 2019An Israeli trade delegation has recently held a meeting with First Lady Rula Ghani in Kabul, the Darul Hayat news site reported.
Sunday, 4 August , 2019The event was organized by the People’s Peace Movement, composed of members of civil society who are “marchers for peace”. Spokesman kidnapped (and released) two weeks ago: “We are not afraid of being attacked. We work among the Taliban to build bridges ”.
Saturday, 22 June , 2019An Afghan security forces raid against Taliban fighters in eastern Nangarhar province mistakenly killed at least six civilians, including a woman and two children, provincial officials said Saturday.
Sunday, 26 May , 2019A U.S. air strike killed at least eight policeman in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a government official said on Friday, the latest casualties from a rise in air and ground operations against the Afghan Taliban.
Sunday, 19 May , 2019Hundreds of Taliban fighters stormed a district in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, with both Afghan government forces and the insurgent group suffering dozens of casualties, provincial officials said.
Saturday, 6 April , 2019