LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban have captured a district in the southern province of Helmand that foreign troops struggled to secure for years, in the latest setback for ...

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.

"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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The next America-class amphibious assault ship will be named after the Helmand province campaign during America’s 20-year conflict in Afghanistan, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced ...

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 ...