News on Helmand Province

Afghanistan War Anniversary

2010-10-06T05:46:20Z

FILE - In this July 8, 2009 file photo, U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines sleep in their fighting holes inside a compound where they stayed for the night, in the Nawa district of Afghanistan's Helmand province. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File) PHOTO PACKAGE FOR USE WITH AFGHA...

Casualty Return Afghanistan

2010-08-23T04:15:59Z

A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Oratowski, 23, of Wheaton,...

Afghanistan Displaced People

2010-08-07T22:45:13Z

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, Afghan police officers stand at a check point next to a makeshift camp where displaced Pashto families from Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, live on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Afghanistan

2010-07-23T23:00:18Z

A United States Marine from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines is surrounded by Afghan locals during an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern United States Marine helicopter door gunner holds a heavy machine gun during a flight over Nimroz Province on the border with the volatile Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, Saturday, July 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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