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News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Helmand’s Archeological Glories Vanishing

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Published on: Sunday 17 July 2016

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan -- Helmand is one of the most active battlefields in Afghanistan. News reports from this southern province are mostly about Taliban suicide attacks and ambushes against ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Afghanistan says deadly Pakistani strikes hit Helmand

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Published on: Thursday 01 October 2026

KABUL: The Pakistani military launched rare deadly strikes on Afghanistan's Helmand province on Thursday (Oct 1), the Taliban government and residents told AFP. Afghanistan and Pakistan went to war ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Marines, Afghans Establish Bases in Helmand

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Published on: Friday 06 February 2009

U.S. Marines and Afghan security forces are continuing Operation Khanjar in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, NATO officials said today. Almost 4,000 personnel from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Taliban capture district in Afghanistan's Helmand province

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Published on: Wednesday 29 July 2015

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban have captured a district in the southern province of Helmand that foreign troops struggled to secure for years, in the latest setback for ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: Afghanistan’s Helmand a quicksand of instability

News channel or source: https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/afghanistans-helmand-a-quicksand-of-instability/

Published on: Saturday 15 October 2016

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: Former Communist 'Hero' To Lead Fight Against Taliban In Restive Afghan Province

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Published on: Wednesday 27 January 2016

NAD-E ALI, Afghanistan -- The man who relentlessly criticized Afghan security forces for failing to contain the biggest Taliban offensive in a decade is now tasked with utilizing his military prowess ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: US strike kills 16 Afghan policemen in Helmand province

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Published on: Friday 21 July 2017

A US airstrike has killed 16 policemen in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, the latest setback to Washington’s efforts to bring peace to the war-torn country. The incident took place in Helmand ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: 9 killed, 11 injured as Pakistani airstrikes hit two houses in Afghanistan’s Helmand

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Published on: Wednesday 30 September 2026

Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan killed nine people and injured 11 others on Thursday, the Afghan Taliban government said, as fighting between the two neighbours escalated., as cited by Reuters.Get ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: U.S. Marines back in Helmand as Afghanistan 'stalemate' continues

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-marines-back-in-helmand-as-afghanistan-stalemate-continues-idUSKBN17W07K/

Published on: Saturday 29 April 2017

CAMP SHORAB, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps has returned to Helmand, the restive province in southern Afghanistan where it fought years of bloody battles with the Taliban, to help train ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: 36 Taliban members killed, wounded in Afghanistan’s Helmand

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Published on: Monday 05 July 2021

Al Jazeera TV News Network reported on Monday that 30 members of Taliban Group were killed in the course of airstrike of Afghan army forces on the positions of Taliban in Helmand province. According ...

News Afghanistan » Helmand » History: 9 killed, 11 injured in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Helmand

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