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CRIME CASUALTIES UNDERMINE US GAINS ON AFGHAN BATTLEFIELD
Although Taliban-controlled areas begin within a 10-minute drive of the city, Kunduz... READ MORE›
AFGHAN ARMY RECRUITMENT DWINDLES AS TALIBAN THREATENS FAMILIES
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan -- Rahimullah served in the Afghan Army for two years, deployed to the bloody front lines of the southern province of Helmand... READ MORE›
AFGHANISTAN'S BOOMING HEROIN TRADE LEAVES TRAIL OF ADDICTION AT HOME
In 2001, the last year of its rule, the Taliban outlawed opium cultivation, but they have since reversed course... READ MORE›
AFTER YEARS OF PRODUCING MOST OF THE WORLD'S OPIUM, TALIBAN ARE REFINING IT INTO HEROIN
In previous years, the amount of opium seized in Afghanistan would far outnumber, by at least five times, the processed morphine and heroin... READ MORE›
'IT STUNS ME': KELLY RAPS CONGRESSWOMAN FOR LISTENING IN ON TRUMP'S CALL TO WAR WIDOW
Robert Kelly, 29, was killed when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan's remote Helmand province... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT'S TALKS WITH FAMILIES OF FALLEN SOLDIERS 'SACRED', TRUMP AIDE SAYS
Mr Kelly confirmed on Thursday that Mr Obama had not called, but he made clear that's not a criticism ... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF JOHN KELLY, IN EMOTIONAL SPEECH, DEFENDS TRUMP'S CALL TO WAR WIDOW, RAPS CONGRESSWOMAN
Kelly recalled that Dunford said his son was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed... READ MORE›
JOHN KELLY KEPT HIS OWN TRAGEDY OUT OF POLITICS. THEN DONALD TRUMP BROUGHT IT UP
Robert Kelly, 29, was killed when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan's remote Helmand province... READ MORE›
'IT STUNS ME': KELLY RAPS CONGRESSWOMAN FOR LISTENING IN ON TRUMP'S CALL TO WAR WIDOW
Robert Kelly, 29, was killed when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan's remote Helmand province... READ MORE›
KELLY KEPT TRAGEDY OUT OF POLITICS, BUT TRUMP BROUGHT IT UP
Robert Kelly, 29, was killed when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan's remote Helmand province... READ MORE›
MILITARY BLUNDERS CONTINUE AFTER MSF KUNDUZ BOMBING
It came about five months after a US attack in Helmand province's Sangin district killed at least 18 civilians, mostly women and children... READ MORE›
AFGHAN OFFICERS KILLED IN 'ERRONEOUS' AIR STRIKE
As the Afghan military attempts to push back Taliban fighters, an air strike has killed 10 security personnel in Helmand province, according to an official... READ MORE›
AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES KILLED IN 'FRIENDLY FIRE' INCIDENT
Large parts of Helmand, Afghanistan's major opium-producing province, are in the hands of the Taliban... READ MORE›
ANGER IN KABUL AFTER US AIR RAID WOUNDS CIVILIANS
US forces are equally killing civilians, just like the Taliban, he said... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Helmand
36 ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS KILLED BY U.S. BOMB
The U.S. estimates 600 to 800 IS fighters are present in Afghanistan, mostly in Nangarhar... READ MORE›
U.S. WAR FOOTPRINT GROWS IN MIDDLE EAST, WITH NO ENDGAME IN SIGHT
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The United States launched more airstrikes in Yemen this month than during all of last year... READ MORE›
FATHER OF ROBOTICS TEAM MEMBER KILLED IN HERAT ATTACK
On Wednesday, a Taliban attack targeting NATO troops in Kandahar killed two US soliders... READ MORE›
TRUMP PICKS RETIRED COMBAT LEADER FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
John Kelly is a blunt-talking retired Marine general who served as an enlisted Marine... READ MORE›
NIKKI HALEY VOWS TO BRING AMERICAN STRENGTH TO U.N.
Haley, backed by the Tea Party,A made history in 2011A when she took office asA the first female governor of South Carolina... READ MORE›
2 U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED BY AFGHAN ARMY SOLDIER IN INSIDER ATTACK
An Afghan army commando turned his weapon on U.S. soldiers Saturday, killing two and injuring two others in eastern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said... READ MORE›
THE WAR AMERICA CAN'T WIN: HOW THE TALIBAN IS REGAINING CONTROL IN AFGHANISTAN
The Taliban controls places like Helmand, where the US and UK troops fought their hardest battles, pushing the drive toward peace and progress into reverse... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP EYES AFGHANISTAN'S $1 TRILLION MINERAL RESERVES TO PAY FOR RECONSTRUCTION AFTER 16 YEARS OF WAR
Northeastern Afghanistan, September 2, 2007 Paula Bronstein 5 16 2007 Bodybuilders in the 55-60 kg category square off during a regional bodybuilding competition... READ MORE›
WHILE THE U.S. WASN'T LOOKING, RUSSIA AND IRAN BEGAN CARVING OUT A BIGGER ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN
Russia on Friday will host high-level talks on Afghanistan with Iranian, Pakistani and Chinese diplomats, the Kremlin said... READ MORE›
TWO AMERICANS KILLED IN ATTACK ON BASE IN AFGHANISTAN
A gunman reportedly wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops in Kabul... READ MORE›
BLASTS, GUNFIRE HIT KABUL MILITARY HOSPITAL
The Wazir Akbar Khan area of central Kabul is heavily guarded and houses several government offices and foreign embassies... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION IN DIPLOMATIC AREA OF KABUL KILLS 80, WOUNDS HUNDREDS
Kabul neighbourhood that includes Canadian Embassy hit by massive explosion... READ MORE›
SOLDIERS KILLED AS TALIBAN STORMS KANDAHAR BASE
However, the Taliban claimed to have killed at least 70 soldiers and to have seized a number of army vehicles, equipment, machinery and weapons... READ MORE›
'WE ARE NOT WINNING IN AFGHANISTAN RIGHT NOW'
'We are not winning in Afghanistan right now' The deaths of Afghan police came amid increased fighting in Helmand, a southern province... READ MORE›
AMERICAN SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN AFGHAN 'INSIDER ATTACK'
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters attacked a district headquarters in the Kandahar province using a suicide car bomb, said Samim Khpolwak, a spokesman for the governor... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE SHIRE MOVES TO PREPARE SALIX BID
On Saturday, coalition officials announced that a precision strike resulted in the death of two individuals threatening the force in the Achin district of eastern Afghanistan... READ MORE›
'TALIBAN FIGHTERS KILLED' IN HELMAND GUN BATTLE
On Thursday, at least five security officials were killed and several wounded in a Taliban-claimed car bomb attack near their checkpost also in the Gereshk district... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 15 AFGHAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN TALIBAN ATTACK
A Taliban attack on a military base in Kandahar province has left at least 15 Afghan soldiers dead, according to government officials... READ MORE›
MARINES BACK IN AFGHANISTAN FOR JOB THEY THOUGHT WAS DONE
At the peak of the war in southern Afghanistan, more than 20,000 Marines flooded the Taliban stronghold, pushing the insurgents out of several districts in Helmand... READ MORE›
TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS CIVILIANS IN HELMAND
Early in July, an American soldier was killed and two others were wounded in an attack in Helmand province while conducting operations against the Taliban... READ MORE›
MASSIVE BOMB DROPPED BY U.S. KILLED 94, AFGHAN OFFICIAL SAYS
The U.S. attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border killed at least four ISIS group leaders, Khogyani said... READ MORE›
DEADLY CAR BOMB HITS AFGHANISTAN'S LASHKAR GAH
At least 60 people were wounded in the attack outside the New Kabul Bank branch and most of the casualties were civilians, Hayaullah Hayat said... READ MORE›
TALIBAN CAPTURE KEY AFGHAN DISTRICT; 9 POLICE KILLED
Helmand, which accounts for the bulk of Afghanistan's billion dollar opium crop, is already largely in the hands of the Taliban but the capture of Sangin... READ MORE›
AN AFGHAN MOTHERS HEARTACHE THREE SONS DEAD IN A DAY
In recent years, the United States-led coalition fighting the Taliban has been drawn down to a small mission... READ MORE›
NEW TRUMP CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN KELLY
Raised in a working class family in Boston, Kelly first enlisted in the Marine Corps and later attended Officer Candidates School... READ MORE›
WHAT AN AFGHANISTAN VICTORY LOOKS LIKE UNDER THE TRUMP PLAN
Like many Taliban leaders, he said, he had hoped to hear Mr. Trump make good on early vows to quit Afghanistan... READ MORE›
HOPELESS AFGHAN STRUGGLE TO SAVE BOY SEX SLAVES
'Unconscionable' Bacha bazi has seen a chilling resurgence in post-Taliban Afghanistan, where it is not widely perceived as homosexual or un-Islamic behaviour... READ MORE›
ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 11 IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN
Powerful blast destroys a van traveling through restive Helmand province, killing all 11 passengers on board... READ MORE›
KABUL SUICIDE BOMBING KILLS AT LEAST 24 AND LEAVES 40 INJURED
Acting Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said at least 24 people had been killed and 40 wounded but the casualty toll could rise further... READ MORE›
EUROPE MAKES DEAL TO RETURN REFUGEES TO AFGHANISTAN WHERE WAR AWAITS THEM
A leaked European Union memo dated March 3 discussed openly making pledges of aid at this week's conference conditional on Afghanistan's agreement with the repatriation deal... READ MORE›