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More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain territory recently vacated by US troops, officials said Wednesday, adding that 40 civilians have ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Politics: 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 » Politics: The Latest: Afghan leader, Pakistan condemn Helmand blast
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on developments in Afghanistan following the suicide car bombing in Helmand province (all times local): 3:50 p.m. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Politics: Afghanistan kills 58 Pakistani soldiers: Why the two Islamic nations are fighting as Afghan foreign minister visits India
The Taliban said its forces killed 58 Pakistani soldiers and captured 25 border posts in overnight clashes along the Durand Line, marking one of the deadliest flare-ups between the two neighbours in ...