Battlemap of the Musa Qala battle and actions in northern Helmand province. The Taliban have abandoned their former stronghold of Musa Qala in northern Helmand province. Despite boasts of over 2,000 ...

1st Lieutenant Joshua Hartley, Headquarters & Supply Company Commander, 1/2 Marines, conducts a briefing prior to a patrol through Musa Qala’s bazaar. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal.

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KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the latest in a series ...

Afghan National Army soldiers in Kandahar in November (epa) February 3, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Afghan and NATO forces are poised today to launch an assault on a southern Afghan town in a bid to recapture it ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- NATO claimed victory Tuesday in the four-day battle for Musa Qala as the Afghanistan flag was raised over what had been the only town held by the Taliban. NATO ...

U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of increasingly bloody engagements ...

After a bloody showdown, the Taliban has overrun a vital district in southern Afghanistan that might help the insurgents to expand control in the region. Local officials and lawmakers in the southern ...

Afghan Taliban fighters have seized the administrative headquarters of the Musa Qala district in Helmand Province after a week of heavy fighting, the latest in a series of setbacks for Afghan ...

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