were killed in a Taliban attack near Marjah, in Helmand province, on 5 June. Afghanistan is ranked 120th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2016 World Press Freedom Index. Afghanistan: press freedom at its ...

The Northern Alliance had captured Kabul and much of the rest of the country; only parts of the southwest—including the province of Helmand, remained in the Taliban’s hands. In Marjah, a quiet market ...

wearing a black turban who identified himself as a German citizen and speaks German was taken along with three other suspected Taliban on Monday night in Gereshk district of Helmand province," a ...

Nicholas Eufrazio on Nov. 21, 2010, as the two Marines were standing guard on a rooftop in the Marjah district of Afghanistan's Helmand province. Both men survived the blast, but were badly wounded.