Helmand

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Tens Of Thousands Flee Latest Taliban Offensive, And Afghan Civilian Casualties Rise

1:56pm October 13, 2020

by Diaa Hadid

The victims of recent fighting in Helmand include a pregnant woman struck by a stray bullet. Peace talks continue, but the Taliban argue that an Afghan cease-fire should come as the talks conclude.

New recruits of the Afghan 215th Corps assemble at Camp Shorabak in Helmand Province.

In Helmand, Afghan General Fights Taliban 'Cancer' With Some Help From U.S. Marines

7:42pm November 08, 2017

by Tom Bowman

U.S. Marines have returned to Afghanistan's Helmand Province with a small training force. They are hoping a new Afghan general will lead his troops to success.

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Maj. Jason Brezler holds a meeting with local governors in 2010 in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

Legal Win For Marine Who Used Classified Information In An Email Warning

6:43pm December 06, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A federal judge has overturned a military panel's decision to force Maj. Jason Brezler out of the Corps for including classified information in an email to his fellow Marines.

Afghan soldiers fight Taliban militants in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 21.

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One Year After Tragic U.S. Attack In Kunduz, The Taliban Gains Ground Again

6:58pm October 03, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The Taliban are taking back territory in both northern and southern Afghanistan. Amidst the fighting, a Kunduz hospital attacked by the U.S. one year ago is planning to reopen.

Jason Brezler in the market of Nowzad on May 7, 2010, with village elders, Afghan National Police and U.S. Marines. Maj. Brezler is now facing a possible discharge from the Marines after he emailed classified documents.

A U.S. Marine Tried To Warn A Comrade, Now He Faces A Discharge

10:39am September 06, 2016

by Quil Lawrence

Marine reservist Jason Brezler warned comrades in Afghanistan about a dirty Afghan cop. No one took heed, and three Marines died. Now Brezler is facing a possible discharge from the Corps.

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Afghan security forces patrol near their base in the Marjah district of Helmand province on Dec. 23. Dozens of Marines were killed in Marjah five years ago, and since then the Taliban have slipped back in. Now American forces are increasingly being drawn

U.S. Forces Increasingly Drawn Back Into Afghanistan's Battles

5:28pm January 08, 2016

by Tom Bowman

The president said the U.S. combat mission is over, but a Green Beret died Tuesday during an assault on Taliban forces. "Americans are very much in the thick of these fights," says a retired general.

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U.S. Marines sit inside the cargo hold of a C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft headed to Kandahar.

In Photos: Last Of U.S., British Troops Leave Afghanistan's Helmand Province

6:56pm October 27, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Helmand saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the 13-year war. On Monday morning, the last of the American and British troops that shared the camp headed out on helicopters.