Helmand Province

The surge of NATO troops into Helmand province appears to be working, at least so far.

They were all passengers in a minivan travelling in Helmand province.

The governor of Helmand province in Afghanistan, Gulab Mangal, says a programme of American-funded civilian militia is to be expanded.

Four British marines were killed last week, three of them when a 13-year-old boy blew himself up in Helmand province.

Five British soldiers in Helmand province were killed by an Afghan policeman, whom a British military spokesman said "went rogue" .

Southern Afghanistan witnessed half of these with Helmand province and Kandahar province proving the most dangerous.

Afghan police say up to 30 people were killed in Helmand province when Taliban insurgents attacked a road construction gang.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hailed the British offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand province a success.

British forces described Mullah Mansur as a prominent local leader of the Taliban insurgency in Helmand province.

They may be only weeks away, some of them, from a posting to Helmand province in Afghanistan. This concentrates the mind.

November 13, 2010: A father wipes a tear away from his child's face during a Medevac mission in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province.

British forces have been redeployed to other parts of Helmand Province from Sangin, where over 200 British soldiers died.

The president's remarks follow a recent strike that mistakenly killed a group of children and women in southern Helmand province.

Helmand province, a British commander said Jackson, the British military is here, Christmas Day and other days there is not much difference.

The crop is opium, farmers have been busy harvest their opium poppies. Farmer Faiz Mohammed in Helmand province makes no apologies.

Police officials are blaming a motorcycle filled with explosives for the incident in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province.

A flare flies over a shadow of a chase helicopter during a Medevac mission in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province November 4, 2010.

The father of the first British solider killed in Helmand Province has fiercely criticized the latest report on his son's death.

For the past five weeks, British forces have been clearing the territory between Lashkar Gah and Girishk in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

Britt was wounded in an IED strike near Sangin, in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan.

Afghan officials said a roadside bomb in Musa Qala district of Helmand province killed three Afghan soldiers and wounded two others Sunday.

That is an area of southern Helmand province which, with much trumpet-blast, American marines claimed to have captured earlier this year.

Cpl. Lisa Gardner here checks on the medical condition of a group of Afghan women in Lakari, Helmand Province.

Bolan is also one of the richest poppy-growing areas in Helmand province.

Corporal Gardner smokes a cigarette as a girl looks on in Abdul Ghayas village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

BBC News with Aleem MaqboolIn Afghanistan, six more British soldiers have been killed in the latest fighting in Helmand Province.

A sixth man died in a separate incident near Nad-e-Ali in Helmand province, the Ministry of Defence said.

Latelast year, an Afghan police officer in Helmand Province killed five Britishsoldiers with whom he had been working.

Large crowds gathered in an English town Friday to bid farewell to 250 soldiers who will be heading to Helmand Province in April.

He next visited U. S. Marines in a sweltering hot tent at isolated Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province.

British soldier talks on a satellite phone in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

The air strike was ordered after a US Marine base in the Nazwad district of Helmand province came under attack on Sunday.

American Marines have recaptured Taliban-held towns in Helmand province.

A grove of trees cuts through a river in Helmand province.

The Islamic rebels have taken control of southernmost Garmser district in Helmand province after days of fighting.

Marines protect their faces as a helicopter lands at Musa Qala base in Helmand province on Jan.

He was killed in Helmand province during a U. S. -led operation, supported by NATO forces.

A convoy of U. S. Marines drives in the desert outside of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

She braved the dangers of war to spend time with troops in the treacherous Helmand Province.

Britain's Prince Harry, left, talks to a Gurkha in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan on Jan.

Kabul's writ has never run strong in the remote southern plains of Helmand province.

A district official distributes books to children in Garmser, Helmand province.

July 26, 2009: British soldiers cover themselves from dust as a helicopter lands at the Malgeer village in Helmand province.

More than 4, 000 U. S. Marines began an attack against Taliban holdouts in Afghanistan's Helmand province early Thursday morning.

A young woman at the edge of a field in Helmand province on Oct.

They will be used by a number of regiments including the RAF's Bomb Disposal Squadron, which is being deployed to Helmand province in March.

It is understood they died when the planes dropped a bomb near their patrol in Helmand province.

Another attack in September 2007 claimed around 70 civilian casualties near markets in Helmand province.

On a recent Sunday, Subler performed Mass at three patrol bases in the Badula Qulp region of Helmand Province.

Marines rest in a compound near Shir Chazay in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on Jan.

Birds fly over make-shift tents in Helmand province.

In the summer of 2009 US and UK forces led a major anti-Taliban offensive in Helmand province.

Young Afghan boys eat ice cream in the town of Musa Qala in Helmand province on April 9.

Afghan boys take a break from their ride to pray at dawn near Marja in Helmand province on March 17.

Some 8, 000 British troops are now fighting the Taliban and other insurgent groups in Helmand province in Afghanistan.

The biggest reason for cheer is Helmand province, where cultivation has decreased dramatically from 103, 590 hectares to 68, 833 hectares.

A Marine Corps UH-1Y Huey with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 lands in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 25, 2011.

A CH-53 helicopter lands at Forward Operating Base Musa Qala in Helmand province, on Oct.

British troops in Afghanistan are to hand over responsibility for the Sangin area of Helmand province to US forces, the BBC understands. BBC

NATO Soldiers in Helmand province see the expanse of purple and pink blossoms flashing by, but they do little to stop drug production;

Helmand Province, Afghanistan