But Sangin, a district of fewer than 100,000 people in the heart of Helmand’s lucrative opium poppy-growing region, holds a unique place in the conflict.

March 23 (UPI) --Strategic Sangin district in Afghanistan's embattled Helmand province fell to Taliban forces on Thursday, local military and government officials said.The area was the scene of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban captured a key district center in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday while in the country's north, an officer turned his rifle on sleeping ...

Sangin was once the centre of operations for international forces in Afghanistan, a key district that linked Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, to the province's northern districts.

Afghan security forces have telegraphed their weakness to the Taliban for several years. In Aug. 2014, senior officers attempted to negotiate a “peace deal” in Sangin, which was overrun by the Taliban ...

Afghan officials said Thursday, March 23, 2017, that the Taliban have captured the Sangin district in southern Helmand province while in the country's north, an Afghan officer turned his rifle on ...

Barely a year after the last American advisers departed, Sangin, a rural district in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, is reportedly on the edge of falling to the Taliban, the last police there ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2010 -- The coalition's struggle against insurgents in Afghanistan's Helmand province is essentially over in Marjah and it now comes down to Sangin district, the regional ...

A resurgent Taliban force has taken control of Sangin in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, bringing denials from the country’s fledgling government and bad memories for Marines who fought and ...

Half-a-dozen years after the first Marines charged into the tumultuous and violent district, situated in northern Helmand province, the last contingent made a quiet exit on the evening of May 4 ...

Officials claim the militants have already captured key government buildings in Sangin district. Clashes intensified Monday as the Taliban pressed an offensive to capture a key district in Helmand’s ...