Helmand in a sentence

HELMAND — At least 40 civilians attending a wedding party were killed by explosions and gunfire during a raid by U.S.-backed Afghan government forces on a nearby Islamist militant hideout, officials in Helmand province said on Monday.

Mohammad Jamil, a university student, was even suspicious of fellow Afghans living in Helmand Province, “Do the people of Helmand really want peace?

Playing cards in Helmand under the Taliban’s noseEvery Friday night, people in Helmand gather in dimly-lit rooms for a laugh and card games, right under the Taliban’s nose.

Whether such a transfer of the name has taken place, either from the Helmand to the Ghaggar-Hakra, or conversely from the Ghaggar-Hakra to the Helmand, is a matter of dispute.

Al Qaeda is also running in Farah, Helmand, Herat and Kabul provinces, as well as a media operations center in Herat.

The Helmand River flows from the mountains of the central Afghan province of the same name for more than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) into Lake Hamoun, which straddles the Afghanistan-Iran border.

The Helmand River is considered to be an international or transboundary watercourse.

And on the Iran-Afghanistan border, a conflict centering on water from the Helmand River boiled over in deadly clashes between the two countries' forces.

Driven by political demands rather than evidence, the programme became a flagship in Helmand, and lauded as a success, despite evidence to the contrary.

Featured in a new video from LR Baggs, Oliver shares the story behind his original song, “Helmand,” which is about a kid that came up to him that was severely injured while in Afghanistan.

Footballers in southern Helmand Province, also a Taliban stronghold that has seen heavy violence, began a three-day soccer tournament to celebrate the signing.

Najibullah worked as a translator for eight years at the British military hospital in Helmand.

On Sunday, a van carrying civilians was struck by a Taliban roadside bomb in the district of Washir, in Helmand, killing six people including a woman and three children.

They have largely adhered to the commitment not to attack U.S. forcesthough rocket attacks on bases in Helmand in July were blamed on the Taliban, a said.

This file photo shows U.S. service members on the runway at Camp Bost on September 11, 2017 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Around 40 civilians “martyred” and 13 others wounded including women and children in the both incidents, Head of Helmand Provincial Council Attaullah Afghan said.

At least 40 civilians attending a wedding party were killed by explosions and gunfire during a raid by U.S.-backed Afghan government forces on a nearby Islamist militant hideout, officials in Helmand province said on Monday.

Helmand, the source of much of Afghanistan’s opium, is one of several Afghan provinces in which insurgents have the greatest control and influence.

In Helmand, the governor of the province and other provincial religious and tribal leaders would press us on incidents in which United States military operations resulted in civilian deaths.

On the other side, officials in the southern province of Helmand, one of the Taliban’s main strongholds, said 15 insurgents, including the commander and deputy commander of a special operations unit, were killed by U.S. air strikes.