LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Construction work has begun on a key 46.5-kilometre road connecting Greshk and Musa Qala districts in ...

(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 ...

"Nightline" visits soldiers battling for local favor in violent Afghan province. MIAN POSHETH, Afghanistan May 31, 2010 — -- Southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, is the opium capital of the ...

The Navy will name its next amphibious assault ship in honor of the Marines, Navy corpsmen, allies and partners who served and died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Navy secretary announced ...

Some leaders have argued that taking photos and videos of living bodies is against the religious code. This statement was originally published on afjc.media on 21 February 2023. The Taliban must ...

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): One person was killed and two others injured in a traffic accident in Lashkargah, the capital of ...

(Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in opium poppy-producing areas of the Helmand River valley on Thursday at the start of a major new offensive Washington hopes ...

Afghan commandos in a Mi-17 helicopter before a night operation at Camp Bastion in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.Credit... Supported by On a recent night raid, a Times photographer captured ...

A British unit plays cat and mouse with the Taliban in a strategically vital province of AfghanistanPhotographs for TIME by Zalmaï Inaccessible and untamed, Helmand Province is a major opium-growing ...

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 department of ...

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 ...

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 ...