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(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 ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand: Navy’s next amphibious ship named for Marines’ Helmand province fight
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy will name its next amphibious assault ship in honor of the Marines, Navy corpsmen, allies and partners who served and ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand: Barbers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving beards and playing music
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 ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Turn Afghan War Book 'No Way Out' Into Netflix Film
The Sussexes are producing a Netflix film about a brutal Helmand Province siege, based on Major Adam Jowett's war book 'No Way Out.' ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand: Navy will name its next assault ship ‘USS Helmand Province’ to honor fierce Marine battlefields
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News Afghanistan » Helmand: Next America-class amphibious assault ship named USS Helmand Province, Navy secretary says
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 ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand: Taliban kills at least 23 Afghan soldiers in military base attack
The pre-dawn assault in Helmand province's Shorab military base, one of the largest military installations in the country, also left at least 20 insurgents dead, officials say.
News Afghanistan » Helmand: US strike kills 16 policemen in Helmand province
A US airstrike has killed 16 policemen in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, the latest setback to Washingtons efforts to bring peace to the war-torn country. The incident took place in Helmand ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand: Displaced Afghan families return to destruction and hunger in Helmand
The end of the fighting in Afghanistan this summer came as a relief to farmer Sayed Mohammad*. It meant that he and his family could return to their house in Marja – a war-ravaged farming town in ...