1. Avnery on the army being slapped in the face
(Newsletter)

...    Sunday, 05 July 2009 At least two Nato soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, as thousands of US marines moved deeper into the province to tackle Taliban...

2. Obama Can Win Without Florida or Ohio
(Newsletter)

...icide car bomb attack on a Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) convoy in Afghanistan's Helmand province. CONTINUE... Fatal blast rocks Gaza residence Arab World By Agencies ...

3. One Hundred Years in Iraq?
(Newsletter)

...until the government releases imprisoned rebel fighters, reports say. CONTINUE... Afghan police die in Helmand attack Global By Agencies    Friday, 04 April 2008 A bomber has set off...

4. The Big Guns of August
(Newsletter)

... hundreds of civilians reportedly killed in air raids by Western forces in the Afghan southern province of Helmand. CONTINUE... N Korea protests US military drill Global By Agencies   ...

5. Presidential Politics and Foreign Policy
(Newsletter)

..., 09 May 2007 An air raid by foreign forces has killed 21 civilians in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor has said. CONTINUE... JAL predicts return to profit Ec...

6. Afghans killed in rocket attack
(News/Global)

An investigation has been launched into the deaths of nine people in a rocket attack in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai, the president, ordered the probe on Thursday into the ov

7. 'Afghan policeman' kills UK troops
(News/Global)

...an in the country's south, officials have said.The men were killed in the Nad Ali district of the volatile Helmand province on Tuesday, the UK defence ministry said, adding the incident was under inve...

8. When Will Obama See Afghan's Daughters as His Own?
(Opinions/Society)

...ng” as U.S. casualties hit new highs. The Pentagon throws crack Marine fighters at the Taliban in southern Helmand province yet they are not enough. General Stanley McChrystal may shortly have to ask ...

9. Taliban Upsurge Brings Big Powers Together!
(Opinions/op-ed)

...A) bordering NWFP and the resurgence of militancy throughout the Pashtun homeland from the opium fields of Helmand in Afghanistan’s west all the way to the Swat Valley, 160 kilometers from Pakistan’s ...

10. On drug wars and opium fueled insurgencies
(Opinions/op-ed)

...gitimacy of counter narcotics efforts." He also notes reports that "in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar as well as Farah, there were increasing reports of Taliban and governmen...