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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

(Updates nationalities of reporter, NATO casualty) By Terry Friel KABUL, March 6 (Reuters) - NATO began its spring offensive against the Taliban on Tuesday, launching its biggest attacks since the ...

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 ...