Tag: Helmand

Pakistan condemns Helmand suicide car bombing

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned Friday's suicide car bomb attack outside a stadium in Helmand province of Afghanistan as people were leaving the stadium after watching...

Pakistanis among 10 killed in Helmand operation

KABUL: At least 10 persons, including Pakistanis, were killed during the Afghan forces’ operation in the Helmand province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) of...

Nine Taliban insurgents killed in Helmand

HELMAND: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Sunday that security forces killed in an operation at least nine Taliban insurgents and 18  were...

Afghanistan welcomes return of US Marines to Helmand

Afghanistan on Saturday welcomed the Pentagon’s decision to deploy some 300 US Marines to the volatile province of Helmand, where American forces engaged in...