An artificial limb rehabilitation centre in southern Helmand province, which provided services to nearly 20,000 people last ...

Early in 2009, the government purchased land near the British Camp Bastion, the largest coalition outpost in southern Afghanistan. This would be a staging ground for construction further south of Camp ...

Before a battalion of U.S. Marines swooped into this dusty farming community along the Helmand River in early July, almost every stall in the bazaar had been padlocked, as had the school and the ...

It's been a bloody few weeks for American soldiers, their allies and civilians in Afghanistan. Some have died almost every day, in the southern province of Helmand. They've been killed mostly by ...

For families in Nahr-e-Siraj Mena and Bolan, two communities on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, access to safe drinking water was once an everyday struggle.

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 ...

Provincial officials say at least 35 civilians were killed and 13 were wounded in an attack conducted by the Afghan military in southern Helmand Province. The incident occurred late on September 22 ...

Marine Cpl. Rick Colts and his military working dog Torry pause during a patrol in Afghanistan in 2011. Torry, a German shepherd, worked with II Marine Expeditionary Force detecting IEDs in Helmand ...

(New York) – An improvised explosive device (IED) attached to the car of Elyas Dayee, a reporter with Azadi Radio, exploded and killed him on November 11, 2020 in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, Human ...

In my last column, I told you about Frank Wallman, a Marine who served in Afghanistan in 2009. His unit established an American presence deep in southern Helmand Province. First, it was sent to dig in ...