(Reuters) - Washington has sent 8,500 Marines to Afghanistan's restive southern province of Helmand to reinforce overstretched British forces in the face of a growing Taliban-led insurgency, part of a ...

Size of Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan. Population: more than 1 million. See map. Number of Marines in Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment at Combat Outpost Sharp at any given time.

(Reuters) - July could become the bloodiest month in the 8-year-old Afghanistan war as casualties mount after U.S. and British troops mounted major operations in Helmand province. Helmand has been the ...

But we have cleared Helmand now, and we are holding Helmand. We are also finally starting to push into Kandahar, the neighboring province, the capital of the south, and, frankly, the initial home base ...