The spectacle of fierce fighting around a dusty Afghan town, with well-armed Western troops, backed by helicopters and Afghan allies, bearing down on hundreds of dug-in Taliban fighters, would seem to ...

A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said the insurgents made a strategic decision to flee Musa Qala to avoid further destruction to the town. “Because of the massive bombings this morning, the ...

Musa Qala District, Northern Helmand Province, AfghanistanA dozen Marines streamed from Patrol Base Griffin about two hours after dawn on Thursday, July 1, descending a rocky gravel slope leading ...

* Switch reflects new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan * More changes could follow in "rebalancing" of forces By Adrian Croft LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers will take over security from ...

A British soldier at a guard station in Helmand's provincial capital, Lashkar Gah (file photo) (AFP) February 7, 2007 -- A spokesman for NATO's mission in Afghanistan says the alliance expects the ...

MUSA QALA, Afghanistan -- Chinook helicopters dropped Capt. Don Canterna's company of soldiers on the dusty outskirts of Musa Qala as evening fell. Loaded down with weapons, food and water, his men ...

KABUL — American-led coalition forces killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the latest in a series of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Hundreds of Taliban militants overran a southern Afghan town that British troops left after a contentious peace agreement in October, destroying the government center and ...

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Hundreds of Taliban militants overran a southern Afghan town that British troops left in October after reaching a contentious peace agreement, destroying the government center and temporarily holding ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Days after Taliban fighters overran Musa Qala, a U.S. commander pledged that Western troops would take it back. Nine months later, the town still is Taliban territory, a symbol ...