There are fears that Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, could fall to the Taliban. Militants have besieged the city despite US airstrikes and local officials have ...

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces have "tactically retreated" from a key district in the southern province of Helmand that foreign troops battled for years to secure, as the ...

It's been a bloody few weeks for American soldiers, their allies and civilians in Afghanistan. Some have died almost every day, in the southern province of Helmand. They've been killed mostly by ...

In an apparent bid to bolster security in other parts of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan army abandoned a number of its bases in two hard-fought districts over the weekend, ...

Scotland's Scott Meenagh is targeting a first medal at his third and final Winter Paralympics, 14 years on from losing both ...

Cpl. Jeff Drew, a combat correspondent assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), and native of Simsbury, Conn., scans a village for insurgent activity during the early morning ...

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- The last time the U.S. Marines were here, a force of 20,000 all but drove the Taliban out of their stronghold of Helmand Province, reports CBS News foreign ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a volatile southern province has left at least 49 militants and seven police dead in what appears to be the biggest ...

In this Jan. 15, 2018, file photo, U.S. Marines watch during the change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan. (Massoud ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States announced it will send some 300 Marines to Afghanistan's opium-rich Helmand province to train, advise and assist local forces fighting the Taliban, officials ...

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban fighters seized a district headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday despite repeated U.S. air strikes to repel them, adding to the ...

A U.S. service member was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province Tuesday — the second U.S. combat death in Afghanistan since January. The service member was conducting ...