Lashkar Gah | Zee News

Advertisement

NewsLashkar Gah

Lashkar Gah News

04 Aug 2021

Afghanistan airstrikes pummel Taliban positions in south

Ghulam Wali Afghan, a lawmaker from Helmand, told The Associated Press that his relatives and constituents in Lashkar Gah have told him of bodies in the streets and residents hiding inside their homes, too afraid to venture out and collect the dead.

17 Dec 2017

Taliban fighters attack police checkpoints in Afghanistan's Helmand, 11 cops killed

The assaults on two police post are the latest in a series of deadly attacks on Afghan security forces claimed by the Taliban.

23 Aug 2017

Taliban suicide bomber targeting Afghan police kills seven

The suicide attacker with a car bomb struck in Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern province of Helmand.

17 Jul 2017

Key southern district retaken from Taliban: Afghan official

An Afghan official says the country's security forces have driven the Taliban out of a key district in southern Helmand province from where they had been threatening the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.

28 Feb 2017

Taliban kill 12 Afghan police with silenced weapons

Taliban fighters now control most of Helmand, including areas in Lashkar Gah.

11 Oct 2016

Hundreds of troops deployed in Afghan city after attack

The assault Monday marked the insurgents` latest attempt to seize the capital of Helmand province, underscoring unravelling security as they expand their foothold across the opium-rich province.

01 Oct 2016

11 civilians killed in Afghanistan's Helmand blast

At least 11 civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan`s southern province of Helmand on Saturday, sources said.

08 Sep 2016

Heavy fighting as Taliban breach southern Afghan city

The Taliban stormed into Tarin Kot Thursday, triggering heavy fighting around government buildings as panicked residents scrambled to flee the capital of southern Uruzgan province, the latest city to be targeted by insurgents.

23 Aug 2016

Second US service member killed in Afghanistan in 2016

The latest attack took place in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province, when US troops were accompanying Afghan soldiers, the Pentagon said in a statement, adding that six Afghan soldiers were also wounded.

09 Mar 2016

Eight killed in Afghan Taliban attacks

At least eight people were killed on Wednesday after Taliban militants attacked government offices in Afghanistan`s Helmand province, an official said.

24 Dec 2015

US air strikes hit targets in embattled Afghan district

US aircraft carried out two attacks in Sangin, the district in southern Afghanistan overrun by Taliban insurgents this week, officials said on Thursday, as the battle for the strategic province of Helmand continued.

23 Dec 2015

Taliban 'push further' into Sangin town in Helmand

Afghanistan government forces have lost control of the centre of the town of Sangin in Helmand province after days of fierce fighting, media reports said on Wednesday.

21 Oct 2015

Troops push Taliban back from southern city: Afghan official

Afghan troops have pushed the Taliban back from a key southern city after the insurgents seized an area on its outskirts earlier this week, an official said on Wednesday.

Loading...