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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 » History: Afghanistan’s Kamal Khan Dam and the Helmand River Treaty
The opening of the Kamal Khan Dam in March 2021 reignited an old dispute between Iran and Afghanistan over the allocation of water in the Helmand River. The river is considered to be one of ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: A year of peace in one of Afghanistan’s deadliest provinces
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan — Taliban rule brought an end last August to America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, but for the many here who suffered unimaginable loss during those decades, peace has neither ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Afghanistan’s Helmand a quicksand of instability
Bruised and frightened, three-year-old Fatima flinches as the thunderous boom of Taliban rockets rolls across the capital of Helmand, an opium-ravaged province that epitomises the biggest failure of ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Helmand: Heart of Afghanistan’s unrest
The southern Afghan province of Helmand, where the Taliban have taken control of a district capital for several days, is at the heart of a drug empire that supplies Europe with most of its opium. And ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Navy will name its next assault ship ‘USS Helmand Province’ to honor fierce Marine battlefields
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News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: The Push into Helmand Province
The Washington Times said the other day that you've cleared Helmand three times, never held it. Yeah. And once you clear something and don't hold it, you probably didn't really clear it. It has no ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: 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 » History: Al Qaeda actively operating training camps in 5 Afghan provinces
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan following the U.S withdrawal in Aug. 2021, Al Qaeda has established training camps in five Afghan provinces, as well as safe houses and other infrastructure ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Water wars: Afghanistan and Iran's deadly border flare-up spotlights scarcity crisis
Water tensions between Iran and Afghanistan go back decades. Climate change and plunging river water levels mean the situation will likely get worse. Grappling with sanctions and severely weakened ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: FACTBOX-Five facts about Afghanistan's Helmand province
(Reuters) - Washington has sent 8,500 Marines to Afghanistan's restive southern province of Helmand to reinforce overstretched British forces in the face of a growing Taliban-led insurgency, part of a ...