"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 ...

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 ...

Provincial council chief Karim Atal said: “If we don’t receive support from the central government, the province will collapse soon”. While Atal said that the Afghan security forces were capable, he ...

KABUL, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered four pieces of firearms during a series of operations in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, provincial police spokesman Ezatullah Haqqani said ...

(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 ...

Offensive aims to "cut off enemy supply and communications lines." NOW ZAD, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009 — -- Marines are trying to make good on President Obama's promise to "reverse Taliban ...

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 ...

As the sun rises U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl Brenden Kempton provides security at an observation post during a patrol in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan, June 1, 2011. Kempton is with the 2nd Light Armored ...

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 ...

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced on Thursday that a future amphibious assault ship will be named USS Helmand Province where 366 Marines were killed by hostile fire and nearly 5,000 more were ...

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 ...

A future America-class amphibious assault ship will be named USS Helmand Province (LHA 10), Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced this week during the Modern Day Marine 2024 at the Walter E.