Afghanistan News » Helmand News Afghanistan » Helmand » Places: 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 » Places: 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 » Places: 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 » Places: Afghanistan's disheartened
KABUL - For those who have escaped Afghanistan's worst violence, some things are hard to forget: the sight of a woman's hair entangled in the mulberry branches, her legs strewn far away in the dirt.
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Places: Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan
The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel, will be named the USS Helmand Province after an intense, yearslong ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Places: SECNAV Del Toro Names Next Big Deck Amphib USS Helmand Province
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has named the next America-class big deck amphibious warship after the Helmand province campaign in Afghanistan. “In keeping with naval ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Places: 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 » Places: 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 ...