capital. Helmand was part of the Greater Kandahar region until made into a separate province by the Afghan government in the 20th century. The Helmand River...

The Helmand province campaign was a series of military operations conducted by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces against Taliban...

USS Helmand Province (LHA-10) will be the fifth America-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. The ship is named after the Afghan Helmand...

southwestward through Daykundi Province and Uruzgan Province. After passing through the city of Lashkargah in Helmand Province, it enters the desert of Dasht-e...

The 2011 Helmand Province killing was the manslaughter of a wounded Taliban insurgent by Alexander Blackman, which occurred on 15 September 2011. Three...

Afghanistan and the capital of Helmand Province. It is located in Lashkargah District, where the Arghandab River merges into the Helmand River. The city has a...

since the redeployment of British forces to the Taliban stronghold of Helmand province, as prior to deployment in this area only five men died between April...

September 2013, there were only five sites used by the United Kingdom in Helmand Province including Camp Bastion (the main British base, closed 26 October 2014)...

operations group for Helmand Province-during Operation Tor Shpa'h. The SFSG have been known to carry out operations in Helmand Province with the United States...

British leading in Helmand Province and the Netherlands and Canada leading similar deployments in Orūzgān Province and Kandahar Province, respectively. The...

northern, southern, and western Helmand Province) Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province (UK, Denmark, Estonia) The command...

1990), mujahideen commander in Helmand Province, Afghanistan Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (fl. 2001), Governor of Helmand Province, Afghanistan Hamidullah Akhundzada...

Assistance Force (ISAF) pacification offensive in the town of Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It involved a combined total of 15,000 Afghan, American...

was a joint operation between Afghanistan and the United Kingdom in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. The operation was planned and executed by the International...

The 2007 Helmand province airstrikes were a set of airstrikes conducted by NATO on 22 June 2007 which resulted in death of at least 45 Afghan civilians...

highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010. Carpenter is the youngest living Medal of Honor...

Upon arriving in Helmand Province, the battalion, partnered with 6/4/205 ANA and the Lashkar Gah ANP, executed Operation 'Helmand Sunrise', which focused...

toward Opium. This included a 99% reduction of Opium growth in the Helmand Province. In November 2023, a U.N report showed that in the entirety of Afghanistan...

Cameron announced that 3,800 troops, almost half of the force serving in Helmand Province, would be withdrawn during 2013 with numbers to fall to approximately...

vehicle in Helmand Province. Thursday, July 22 – Rebels killed a local security chief and 10 of his followers in an ambush in Helmand Province. In the district...

the southeast, Uruzgan Province in the south, Helmand Province in the southwest, and Ghor Province in the northwest. The province of DaiKundi is located...

Sangin (Pashto: سنگين) is a town in Helmand province of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately 20,000 people. It is located on 32°4′24″N 64°50′2″E...

special representative for security in Helmand province. However, his experience in this role challenging as Helmand had become more factionalized then it...

named by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro on 2 May 2024, USS Helmand Province. "GAO-15-342SP Defense Acquisitions Assessments of Selected Weapon...

resist. Since Canada wanted to deploy in Kandahar, the UK got Helmand province. Helmand was a center of poppy production, so it seemed a good region for...

helicopter crashed in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Both pilots survived. July 26: An Afghan Army Mi-17 helicopter crashed in Helmand province, Afghanistan....

insurgent attack on an ISAF base in the Helmand Province. 14 May – The Taliban kills four US soldiers in Kandahar Province. 16 May – A suicide bomber killed...

children with the national flag in Badghis Province Afghan children waving national flags in Helmand Province Afghan flag hanging over the Afghan Embassy...

into the Taliban stronghold Nawzad during Operation Cobra's Anger in Helmand province, on their way to another Taliban stronghold Marjah, 380 miles (610...

bomb killed two policemen in Helmand province. February February 3 - Fighting in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province left six policemen dead. February...