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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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: Progress Reported in Negotiations Over Iran-Afghanistan Water Dispute
After weeks of tensions over water rights to the Helmand River that escalated to a deadly clash last week, Iran says it has made progress in negotiations with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers over the ...
News Afghanistan » Helmand » Social: 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 » Social: 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 ...