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 ...

Steven Peters was deployed to Helmand Province in 2009, during a period which became known as the British Army’s bloodiest summer in more than 50 years. During one patrol, he witnessed an ...

AFGHANISTAN: A US soldier was killed and another wounded by a roadside bomb yesterday during an operation in southern Helmand province. The US military said the attack on their patrol took place in ...

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 ...

Afghan security forces say they have arrested a German man in southern Helmand province who has been a long-time military adviser to the Taliban. The man was captured with other three other ...

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 ...