advise, and assist mission, but the line between advising and combat is growing blurry. Helmand, the nexus of opium production in Afghanistan, may fall entirely into the Taliban's hands.

The video was recorded during a 'joint helicopter raid' in the Now Zad district of Helmand Province in 2013. It has been viewed more than 610,000 times 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario ...

The Lost Platoon' is the story of two dozen or so men from the Welsh Guards who, in 2009, found themselves in an Afghan fort deep in the Helmand badlands cut off from their comrades, with ...

Defence chiefs in Afghanistan have hailed the first stage of an operation to secure an area of Helmand province a success. Ten soldiers were killed in Operation Panther's Claw, which was aimed at ...