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Election won’t happen in 6 district of Helmand

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:14/08/2019

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 Com... Read More

Helmand Wolesi Jirga candidates shut the IEC office

By: Zainullah Stanikzai , Date:29/12/2018

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A number of Wolesi Jirga candidates from southern Helmand province on Saturday erected a protest tent in front of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), asking the government to r... Read More

Helmand IECC receive 350 complaints during elections

By: Zainullah Stanikzai , Date:24/10/2018

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) in southern Helmand province received 350 complaints mostly against the Independent Election Commission (IEC) during Wolesi Jirga... Read More

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LASHKARGAH (PAN): Abject poverty and unemployment have strengthened the insurgency in the Kajaki district of southern Helmand province, the town's administrative head said on Monday.
"If residents are provided with jobs, they will be kept from joining the insurgents," Mullah Abdul Raziq Mazlumyar told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive interview.

Poverty boosts insurgency in Kajaki: official

LASHKARGAH (PAN): The last few years saw completion of multiple development projects in southern Helmand province, officials said.
Mohammad Lal Ahmadi, provincial chief of staff told Pajhwok Afghan News that more than 200 kilometers roads have been paved in Lashkargah, the provincial capital.
With the same breath, he went on to say that another road, which is 280- kilometers long and linking various districts have been constructed while work on other roads are underway.

1- Civil Societies and Human Rights Institute of Afghanistan in Helmand:
Civil Societies and Human Rights Institute in Helmand Province have been established back in 2012. It works to empower and maintain unity among civil societies. Rohullah Elham serves as its regional director.
Contact No: 0795720616

2- Helmand Union of Independent Journalists:

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Police shot dead a detained tribal elder after he tried to escape from a jail in the Kajaki town of southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.
Kajaki police chief, Faizullah Akhundzada, said police had arrested the elder for having links with the Taliban. A Kalashnikov, a military uniform and two hand grenades had been recovered from the detainee’s house during a police raid.

Lashkargha (PAN): Despite achieving some peace followed by tangible progress in education sector, Helmand Province still faces serious nature of security related problems.
Provincial Education Director Mohammad Naseem Sapi told Pajwak Afghan News that “four years back, as many as 70 schools out of 360 were functioning in the province. Following extended cooperation by the people of the area, around 207 schools have been reopened recently.”

LASHKARGAH (PAN): The economy of people of the volatile Helmand Province mainly depends on agriculture with the sector witness remarkable boom as compared to the past, officials said.
Head of Agriculture Department Rohullah Rawan said 85% of people economy depends on agriculture. He said that earlier poppy cultivation diminished the crops of wheat, however in recent years; the crop has been multiplied in the backdrop of launching awareness programme among farmers elsewhere in the province.

LAGHKARGAH (PAN): An Afghan National Army (ANA) officer was sentenced to 16 years in jail on the charge of killing a civilian in southern Helmand province, authorities said on Saturday.
Mohammad Agha, son of Abdul Talab, an officer of the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, killed the civilian on Oct. 29, 2012 when he opened fire at his car in the Dilaram district of Nimroz province.