More than 50 Taliban militants were killed in a two-day battle as the militants tried ... The Taliban outfits who fled from nearby Musa Qala district started the attack on the government center ...

Taliban forces fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms at a combined coalition-Afghan patrol near the town of Musa Qala in Helmand province, sparking a battle that lasted several hours and ...

At one point labelled ‘Sangingrad’ by British troops about the Second World War’s monumental battle, the district’s centre remains ... it is palpably not. Locals in Musa Qala, Helmand, gather for the ...

As Mr. Brison elaborates, “The liberating of Musa Qala was a small victory in what would be a larger battle for Helmand province, the primary focus point for ISAF operations over the next few years.

The battle with the Taliban is just another dimension—the current ... Though of little strategic importance, Musa Qala was a former Taliban stronghold. At the same time, it is also the base of the ...

Black recalled how in 2010 he was serving as the battalion sergeant major for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, which was deployed to the Musa Qala district ... of the battle of Iwo Jima at the National ...

In the heart of territory under siege from the Taliban, one of Afghanistan's most important hydroelectric dams is at the centre of a power struggle that symbolises the battle between the ...

He was a survivor of the brutal Battle of Musa Qala in 2006 when British soldiers, starved of supplies, fought to hold the city against relentless attack from 500 Taliban fighters. Brett’s ...

Musamam said the April meeting with the local Taliban in Faryab was aimed at reaching across the battle lines in order to save lives ... say they’ve received minimal help. Residents of Musa Qala ...

On Monday, 30-year-old Musa Qala resident Mohammad Salim carried bodies ... (when) suddenly the battle began...We told the security forces that we were not members of the Taliban," Salim told ...

On the night of June 13, 1982, Private Dave Parr of 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment was the first casualty on Wireless Ridge, the final battle of ... at Kajaki, Musa Qala and Sangin, dying ...

Helmand province is a poppy-growing powerhouse that for years has been hotly contested terrain in the battle between Taliban ... That night, Musa Qala was target one in a dramatic escalation ...