KABUL, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities have begun construction of key retaining wall projects in the southern Helmand and northern Badakhshan provinces, an official statement said Friday.

Two U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs release countermeasure flares over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, July 23, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Justin Parsons/Air Force) LASHKAR GAH, ...

A British unit plays cat and mouse with the Taliban in a strategically vital province of AfghanistanPhotographs for TIME by Zalmaï Inaccessible and untamed, Helmand Province is a major opium-growing ...

The damning findings of parliament's most powerful select committee show a toxic cycle of failures that put our allies’ lives ...

Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says two of its helicopters have crashed in the southern province of Helmand due to "technical issues," killing nine people aboard. The two Soviet-era Mi-17 helicopters ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Barbers in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving men’s beards and playing music in their shops, according to a statement issued by the province’s Taliban-led ...

(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 ...

A future America-class amphibious assault ship will be named USS Helmand Province (LHA 10), Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced this week during the Modern Day Marine 2024 at the Walter E.

Barbers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving men's beards and playing music in their shops, according to a statement issued by the province's Taliban-led department of ...