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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Presidential ballot will not take place in six districts of southern Helmand province due to insecurity, an official said on Wednesday.
Shabbir Ahmad Hamid, provincial Independent Election Commission head, in an exclusive interview told Pajhwok Afghan News that election would not take place in Nawzad, Washir, Sangeen, Desho, Musa Qala and Khanshin districts.
“Sticker attachment process was also remained undone due to insecurity.” He said.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Local security officials on Sunday said ongoing clashes in central areas of southern Helmand province had come under control, but public representatives stressed the need for defeating militants comprehensively.
Some days ago, the Taliban captured a number of security posts in the Babaji area of Lashkargah, the provincial capital, and parts of Nad Ali and Greshk districts, prompting the security forces backed by foreign troops to launch airstrikes.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The governor of southern Helmand province on Saturday claimed some people in the Garamser district had grabbed government land due to which the security situation and other related problems were on the rise.
“Let’s find legitimate solution for the problem of land grabbing, because it has become a sources of several other issues in the district,” Governor Mirza Khan Rahimi said while addressing a gathering.

LASHKARGAH (PAN): The mysterious killings of policemen have increased as a result of negligence on the part of security officials in the southern province of Helmand, the governor said on Sunday.
During an exclusive interview, Mirza Khan Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News police deaths had increased in the province due to the negligence of security officials.
He said not having regular contacts with soldiers of security checkpoints and recruitment of militants’ spies in the police force could be blamed for the deaths.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Religious scholars and tribal elders from various districts of southern Zabul province on Tuesday blamed insecurity on administrative corruption and injustices being meted out to people by local officials.
They were talking at a gathering convened by Governor Mirza Khan Rahimi to discuss security related issues with them in Lashkargah, the provincial capital.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The government has no specific strategy for strengthening security in southern Helmand province, public representatives and civil society representatives complain.
In the absence of such a plan, insecurity was on the rise in the province, they said at the overnight launch of a movement called “How we can rescue Helmand” in Lashkargah.
Mohammad Karim Atal, head of the movement and the provincial council, noted deterioration of the security environment in recent months in Helmand in general and northern districts in particular.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A number of provincial council members in southern Helmand province allege local officials for ignoring their repeated warning, which led the province to experience deteriorated law and order.
Ebadullah Alizai, provincial council deputy head, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had consulted security officials over security of Musa Kala and other insecure districts, but they were not taken into consideration.
Musa Kala district fell to insurgents on Tuesday night and security forces suffered dozens of casualties.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least 25 security forces personnel were killed and 40 others wounded in a bloody showdown, which led Taliban to capture parts of the strategically important Musa Kala district in southern Helmand province, an official said.
Haji Karim Atal, Helmand Provincial Council head, expressed concern over the fall of the district and told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces had left the district center while civil service personnel and wounded officers were sheltered in dangerous area.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents have surrounded the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province and could capture it soon if security reinforcements failed to reach in-time, the town’s administrative head warned on Monday.
Mohammad Sharif told Pajhwok Afghan News the security situation in the district had extremely deteriorated and Taliban militants captured two security posts last night.
He said nearly 2000 armed militants had taken positions about 100 metres from the district centre and it seemed they would attack the district headquarters tonight.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The illegal digging and subsequent smuggling of precious stones underway in the Khanshim district in southern Helmand, the governor informed on Saturday.
Mirza Khan Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News some powerful individuals had already started digging of precious stones in the district. “Nobody has taken any measure to prevent them but I have planned to take to take action to control the unlawful digging in the area.”