Sun. October 12, 2008
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Registan.net
October 12, 2008
Joel Hafvenstein, the author of Opium Season, sent me an
email with some additional thoughts on the prospects of opium in
Helmand. ...
Long War Journal
October 12, 2008
The attack in
Helmand comes as the British are pushing for peace talks with the
Taliban and news has broken that a senior
Pakistani military officer was ...
Los Angeles Times
October 12, 2008
Hundreds of
Taliban militants took part in the multi-pronged attack that began late Saturday against Lashkar Gah, the capital of
Helmand province, ...
Norwich Evening News
October 12, 2008
Private Gareth Waghorne looks back on his time in Helmand with mixed feelings. He said: "Morale is pretty low right now to be honest. ...
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck
October 12, 2008
BBC News
October 12, 2008
The militants died in a battle with Afghan and
NATO-led forces on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, capital of
Helmand province. A spokesman for
Helmand's ...
Khaleej Times
October 12, 2008
Times Online
October 12, 2008
I SHARE Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith's short-term analysis of the situation in
Helmand (War on
Taliban cannot be won, says
army chief, World News, ...
guardian.co.uk
October 12, 2008
At the time of the attack,
NATO had banned the use of 500lb bombs in
Helmand because of their destructive capability in built-up areas; in this instance, ...
Times Online
October 12, 2008
Last week I sat perched inside a Chinook flying over Helmand, trussed up in flak jacket and helmet, squashed between some Royal Marines arriving for a ...
New York Times
October 11, 2008
British support is particularly significant, since most of the British troops are concentrated in Helmand province in the southwest, the heartland of the ...
Western Morning News
October 11, 2008
On arrival in
Afghanistan, all military personnel must conduct the
Helmand Training Package (HTP), which is designed to prepare individuals for what lies ...
Glasgow Daily Record
October 11, 2008
WHEN Brigadier Andrew MacKay was put in charge of the
Helmand task force in
Afghanistan, he wanted to know what impact the conflict was having on his ...
Mirror.co.uk
October 10, 2008
If we cannot win this war, why are British
soldiers fighting and dying in the deserts of
Helmand province? And for how much longer will this loss of life ...
Daily Mail
October 10, 2008
British troops in
Helmand province --
Afghanistan's biggest opium poppy producing area, which supplies the bulk of the world's heroin - have done little to ...
Telegraph.co.uk
October 10, 2008
In what has become one of the most notorious incidents of the three-year Helmand mission, Cpl Wright - who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his ...
Earthtimes (press release)
October 10, 2008
Meanwhile, Afghan police chief of southern
Helmand province, Assadullah Shirzad said
Afghan forces backed by
NATO troops killed 27 militants in Nad Ali ...
Toronto Star
October 10, 2008
American generals have not been impressed with British inability to secure
Helmand province, deny
Taliban fighters their transit routes for weapons going in ...
Mirror.co.uk
October 10, 2008
If we cannot win this war, why are British
soldiers fighting and dying in the deserts of
Helmand province? And for how much longer will this loss of life ...
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
October 9, 2008
About half of the privates currently on exercise at Salisbury Plain have been recruited since the Anglians served in the Helmand province as their ...
The Sun
October 9, 2008
... Merlin - a huge Irish bloodhound - were all waiting on the tarmac as 100
soldiers touched down after a harrowing six month tour of
Helmand province. ...
The Sun
October 9, 2008
One wrote from the RAF recently: "I got in touch with you while serving in
Helmand province in
Afghanistan in February, asking for help to find some girls ...
Daily Times
October 9, 2008
In
Helmand province, the British commander maintains that they have "taken the sting out of the
Taliban for 2008". But
Gulab Mangal, the governor of
Helmand ...
Blackanthem.com
October 9, 2008
Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces killed several militants in Nahr Surkh district, Helmand province Oct. 8. An ANSF and Coalition forces ...
Brisbane Times
October 9, 2008
The diggers will train alongside British troops and then fight with them as part of the
UK's Task Force
Helmand. As part of the bilateral program they will ...
Registan.net
October 9, 2008
This is a line of karez
wells about 5.5 miles or so just to the north of Lashkar Gah, along the
Helmand River. What is striking about this is in the imagery ...
Daily Mail
October 9, 2008
Last weekend, Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, outgoing brigade commander in Helmand province, said that we cannot expect decisive military victory and should ...
Aljazeera.net
October 9, 2008
Witnesses to Tuesday night's deaths in the province of
Helmand said they were caused by an air raid and that no
Taliban fighters were present. ...
Times Online
October 9, 2008
The only available Chinook was sent to the explosion scene near the Kajaki Dam in
Helmand province, southern
Afghanistan, but it had no equipment to winch ...
Scotland Courier
October 9, 2008
Around 700 personnel from RM Condor are making their way to, or are already in, the notorious Sangin area of the Helmand province. ...
The Age
October 8, 2008
The gunners will undertake an intensive six-month training course in the
UK before deployment to
Helmand province as part of the UK's Task Force
Helmand. ...
Newtownabbey Today
October 8, 2008
After a long journey home from the sweltering heat of Helmand province to the autumnal grey skies of Newtownabbey, the troops, wearing their uniforms with ...
BBC News
October 8, 2008
... Mark Carleton-Smith said: "16 Air Assault Brigade can reflect with great pride and professional satisfaction at its achievements in Helmand this year. ...
Scotsman
October 8, 2008
Six others were injured when a patrol encountered the unmarked minefield in the region of Kajaki in Helmand province on September 6, 2006. ...
Trend News Agency
October 8, 2008
Another fifteen militants were killed during a clean-up operation in the southern province of Helmand¿s Nad Ali district on Monday, according to foreign ...
BBC News
October 7, 2008
I spent two months in Helmand during that tour, and by the end, two of the unit's 36 men were dead, and 15 seriously injured. ...
Metro
October 7, 2008
Sgt Paul McMellon yesterday told the hearing in Oxford of the disastrous patrol in Helmand province. 'When the Chinook descended, it took off again and was ...
Glasgow Daily Record
October 7, 2008
Last year, he met 24-year-old Grenadier Guards Lance Corporal Jack Mizon in the
Helmand province of southern
Afghanistan. We see Jack on the frontline of ...
Radio Netherlands
October 7, 2008
This statement by
Britain's senior military commander in the province of
Helmand sparked inevitable controversy. But we need to look beyond such issues to ...
Mirror.co.uk
October 7, 2008
