Three people were killed when the roof of a house collapsed from heavy rains and floods in southern Afghanistan, the Tolo News broadcaster said Wednesday. Officials from the Helmand Department of ...

President Donald Trump partially walked back his claim that NATO troops in Afghanistan stayed "off the front lines," but veterans aren't likely to forget the remarks. PETERBOROUGH, England — Helmand ...

For families in Nahr-e-Siraj Mena and Bolan, two communities on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, access to safe drinking water was once an everyday struggle.

Marine Cpl. Rick Colts and his military working dog Torry pause during a patrol in Afghanistan in 2011. Torry, a German shepherd, worked with II Marine Expeditionary Force detecting IEDs in Helmand ...

This venerable Afghani restaurant has delighted Mount Vernon residents for over 30 years with kaddo borwani, baked baby pumpkin dolloped with yogurt, and mantwo, a pastry stuffed with beef and onions.

In 2021, the US occupation of Afghanistan ended as the Taliban took over. Much has since changed; long gone and forgotten are the days Afghanistan made headlines. No news, at least for Afghanistan’s ...

A future America-class amphibious assault ship will be named USS Helmand Province (LHA 10), Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced this week during the Modern Day Marine 2024 at the Walter E.

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The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel, will be named the USS Helmand Province after an intense, yearslong ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has named the next America-class big deck amphibious warship after the Helmand province campaign in Afghanistan. “In keeping with naval ...

The forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier, USS America (LHA 6), sails into formation during Exercise Iron Fist in Sasebo Japan, March 7, 2024. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas B.

Marines investigate a possible improvised explosive device while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010. (Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde/Marine Corps) The Navy will name its ...