LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan police were holding out against Taliban forces who have surrounded their compound in Sangin, in the southern province of Helmand, on Monday as the militants ...

Clashes intensified Monday as the Taliban pressed an offensie to capture a key district in Helmand's opium-growing heartland, a day after an official warned the entire southern Afghan province was on ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A key district in one of Afghanistan’s bloodiest battlegrounds, Helmand province, is on the verge of collapse to the Taliban, officials said Monday. Most of Sangin district, where ...

SANGIN, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines who recently inherited this lush river valley in southern Helmand province from British forces have tossed aside their predecessor's playbook in favor of a more ...

SANGIN, Afghanistan — Until a few weeks ago, Sangin was one of the most dangerous towns in Afghanistan's most dangerous province, Helmand. Since their arrival last spring in this lawless region, ...