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News Afghanistan » Helmand: FACTBOX: Five facts about Afghanistan's Helmand province

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/factbox-five-facts-about-afghanistans-helmand-province-idUSTRE5611CW/
Published on: Thursday 02 July 2009

(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

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/navy-next-amphibious-ship-named-153713957.html
Published on: Thursday 02 May 2024

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

News channel or source: https://www.wral.com/story/barbers-in-afghanistans-helmand-province-are-now-prohibited-from-shaving-beards-and-playing-music/19896592/
Published on: Sunday 26 September 2021

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

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-turn-afghan-war-book-no-way-out-into-netflix-film/ar-AA24cqLR
Published on: Monday 01 June 2026

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

News channel or source: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-uss-helmand-province/
Published on: Thursday 02 May 2024

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News Afghanistan » Helmand: Next America-class amphibious assault ship named USS Helmand Province, Navy secretary says

News channel or source: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-02/navy-amphibious-assault-ship-helmand-afghanistan-13731780.html
Published on: Wednesday 01 May 2024

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

News channel or source: https://www.trtworld.com/article/12721830
Published on: Friday 22 May 2026

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

News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/in-afghanistan-us-strike-kills-16-policemen-in-helmand-province-2024080202514447786
Published on: Friday 21 July 2017

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

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/ie/news/stories/displaced-afghan-families-return-destruction-and-hunger-helmand
Published on: Sunday 09 January 2022

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 ...