WASHINGTON  - The US branded senior Taliban official Mullah Naim Barich as a major drug trafficker Thursday, saying he is deeply involved in producing and exporting opium and heroin from the Afghan province of Helmand.The US Treasury said Barich, as the Taliban's "shadow governor" of Helmand, ...

At least 12 civilians from two families including seven girls were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, local officials said. The incident happened in the Gowband area of Gereshk district of the province when a vehicle set off the roadside bomb at around 2 PM, ...