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Mine explosion in Afghanistan kills one soldier, injures other
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lashkar Gah [Afghanistan], Mar 8 (Sputnik/ANI): One serviceman of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) has been killed and another injured in a mine explosion in the southern province of Helmand, Lashkar Gah district commander told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Afghan police officer killed in mine explosion in Helmand province
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], Mar 07 (ANI): A police officer was killed in an explosion in Lashkar Gah city of Helmand province on Saturday.
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US hits Taliban with airstrike
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], Mar 04 (ANI): The United States conducted an airstrike against Taliban in Nahr-e Saraj of Helmand district, said US military spokesperson on Wednesday.
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Taliban attack kills 10 Afghan soldiers in Helmand
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 28 (ANI): At least 10 members of the Afghan armed forces and four others sustained injuries after a bomb exploded near an army checkpoint in Sangin district of the southern Helmand province in the wee hours of Saturday, the army said.
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Afghanistan: Army commander killed in bomb blast in Helmand
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov 30 (ANI): Brig. Gen. Zahirgul Muqbil, an army commander of Afghan border forces was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Marjah district of Helmand province, the provincial governor's spokesman Omar Zwak told Tolo News on Saturday morning.
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Afghanistan: Taliban releases 10 Afghan soldiers, says Red Cross
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], Nov 22 (ANI): The Taliban has released 10 captured Afghan soldiers, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday.
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Policeman killed, 4 others injured in bomb blast in southern Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], Oct 10 (Sputnik/ANI): An Afghan policeman was killed and four other people were injured in a roadside bomb blast in the country's southern province of Helmand, a local source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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Al-Qaeda's Indian subcontinent chief Asim Umar killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 8 (ANI): Pakistani national and chief of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIC), Asim Umar, was killed in a joint operation by the US and Afghan forces in the Helmand province, country's National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Tuesday.
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6 Al-Qaeda, 17 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 1 (ANI): Six members of Al-Qaeda terror group and 17 Taliban fighters were killed in an operation by Afghan Special Forces in Musa Qala district in Helmand province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Tuesday.
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Afghanistan: 4 terrorists killed in joint operation, several detained
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept 24 (ANI): A joint operation was carried out by US and Afghan troops against proscribed terror groups Al-Qaeda and Taliban in a compound in Afghanistan's Helmand province in which four terrorists were killed while several other militants were detained.
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40 people killed in Afgan special forces attack in Helmand
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], Sept 23 (ANI): At least 40 people were killed on Monday in an airstrike and ground assault by Afghan special forces in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
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Afghanistan: 14 killed, 8 injured in airstirke in Helmand
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], Sept 23 (ANI): At least 14 people, all women and children, were killed when the vehicle in which they were proceeding for a wedding was caught in an airstrike in Southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.
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