Barbers in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving men’s beards and playing music in their shops, according to a statement issued by the province’s Taliban-led ...

Helmand is Afghanistan's largest province and even the current 12,000-13,000 troops on the ground do not represent a high concentration of forces.

KABUL, June 29 (Xinhua) -- A new residential township for returning immigrants in western Afghanistan's Herat province has been launched, the office of the provincial government announced on Sunday.

The Battle for Helmand: Afghanistan's Largest Province May Fall Entirely to the Taliban By Ankit Panda. Helmand, the nexus of opium production in Afghanistan, may fall entirely into the Taliban's ...

In Helmand, for instance, we were down there on patrols and saw a little bit of action. But what was clear was that the troops couldn't go into an area and then establish a presence. They had to ...

An Afghan security official stands guard at the checkpost in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on March 21. Taliban forces overran the Sangin district in the province.

Global View Columnist Bret Stephens reports back from his time in Afghanistan with the departing U.S. Marine Corps. Photo credit: Bret Stephens for The Wall Street Journal.

Afghanistan's Helmand province could fall to the Taliban after months of heavy fighting, with 90 members of the security forces killed over the past two days, the deputy governor of the volatile ...

The Washington Times said the other day that you've cleared Helmand three times, never held it. Yeah. And once you clear something and don't hold it, you probably didn't really clear it. It has no ...

In my last column, I told you about Frank Wallman, a Marine who served in Afghanistan in 2009. His unit established an American presence deep in southern Helmand Province. First, it was sent to ...