Helmand province in the south-west used to be ... UK troops had a base and where they fought some of their fiercest battles. Niamatullah is in his early twenties. This is the first time in his ...

Thousands of families are fleeing their homes as heavy fighting between government forces and the Taliban rages in Afghanistan's Helmand province. It is the third day of violent clashes as Afghan ...

Defence chiefs in Afghanistan have hailed the first stage of an operation to secure an area of Helmand province a success. Ten soldiers were killed in Operation ... cutting off the insurgents' supply ...

The Lost Platoon' is the story of two dozen or so men from the Welsh Guards who, in 2009, found themselves in an Afghan fort deep in the Helmand badlands cut off from their comrades, with ...

The battle led General David Richards to declare ... the British military cleared a series of Taliban compounds in the embattled Helmand Province. The British Forces is now helping the US mentor ...

Every week, the Must Watch podcasters review the biggest TV and streaming shows. This week, Hayley Campbell and Scott Bryan join Naga Munchetty to review the new BBC documentary Helmand: Tour of Duty.

Kabul and Tehran have conflicting claims over the Helmand river’s water, but other mutual interests bind the two sides together despite this point of contention. Neither the Helmand River ...