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Showing posts with label Helmand. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Helmand. Show all posts

Aug 11, 2009

Potent Roadside Bombs Slow Marines' Offensive in Afghanistan

By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 11, 2009 MIANPOSHTEH, Afghanistan -- In this harsh and unforgiving par...

Aug 9, 2009

Karzai in His Labyrinth

By ELIZABETH RUBIN On a sunny June morning in Kabul, I sat among hundreds of turbaned men from Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kandah...

Aug 8, 2009

U.S. and Britain Again Target Afghan Poppies

By Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 8, 2009 The U.S. and British governments plan to spend millions of dolla...

Jul 25, 2009

Shortages of Capable Afghan Forces in South Complicates U.S. Mission

By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 25, 2009 GARMSIR, Afghanistan -- "Six, you've got six," M...

Jul 3, 2009

U.S. Faces Resentment in Afghan Region

By CARLOTTA GALL LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — The mood of the Afghan people has tipped into a popular revolt in some parts of southern Afghani...

U.S. Troops Move Deeper Into Afghanistan's Helmand Province; One Marine Killed

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 3, 2009 CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, July 2 -- Columns of U.S. Marines i...

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