Afghanistan News » Helmand News Afghanistan » Helmand » Security: CORRECTED-In Afghanistan's Helmand, the Taliban are talking war, not peace
LASHKAR GAH, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Soldiers from the U.S.-led NATO coalition have joined combat to stop a Taliban advance in Afghanistan's Helmand province, where battlefield success has given the ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Security: US strike kills 16 policemen in Helmand province
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. A US airstrike has killed 16 Afghan ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Security: EXCLUSIVE-Fearing more jailbreaks, Afghanistan rushed inmates out of Helmand
KABUL, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Afghan authorities rushed 150 "dangerous" inmates from a prison in the restive southern province of Helmand to the capital Kabul at the weekend, officials said, part of a ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Security: UK deaths in Afghanistan surpass toll in Iraq
The British military marked a grim milestone Friday as the number of troops killed in Afghanistan surpassed the death toll in Iraq. An especially bloody 10 days in Afghanistan's troubled Helmand ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Security: Islamabad, Kabul Form New Security Cooperation Group
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Spanta have agreed to form a working group on joint security efforts against terrorism. The agreement was reached ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Security: Afghanistan War Commission hears from vets as it tackles troop surge
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, ford a stream during a security patrol in the Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2009.
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Security: Police seize over 10 tons of smuggled medicine in S. Afghanistan
Afghan police have confiscated and destroyed more than 10,500 kg of smuggled medicines in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, the provincial police office said on Friday. According to the ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Security: Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade Grows Amid Security Challenges
Trucks carrying goods on the road from Jamrud in Pakistan to the Torkham Border Crossing on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. In an encouraging development, bilateral trade volume between Pakistan and ...