Helmand Province
Helmand Province of Afghanistan
Map of Districts in Helmand Province Afghanistan
Information about Helmand Province
Helmand Province by WikipediA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmand_Province
Blog Posts about Helmand province by Afghan
War News Blog
http://afghanwarnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Helmand
UK in Helmand Province
The United Kingdom moved into Helmand province in
2006. Over several years the UK troops experienced significant combat
and suffered casualties in the hundreds. One drivng concern of the
British was the opium trade. Eventually the British presence was
replaced in part by U.S. Marines.
Replacement of Helmand Governor. There is some
controversy about the British interference in the local politics of
Helmand province. The governor of Helmand, Mr. Akhundzada - a former
mujahideen fighter against the Russians, was governer from 2001 to 2005
until he was dismissed (at the urging of the British). Many of his
followers - about 3,000 - joined up with the Taliban. [1]
News Articles about Helmand Province
August 2, 2016.
"Camp Bastion: Eerie footage shows abandoned former British base in
Afghanistan". The Independent. "The presences of troops
acted as a lighting rod for local resistance," says a former British
soldier who fought in Afghanistan.
August 1, 2016.
"Did the UK leave Afghanistan's Helmand too soon?", BBC News.
April 9, 2016.
"Afghan General Plants Flowers in Helmand, but Taliban Lurk",
New York Times.
February 27, 2016.
"I see my old battalion assigned to Helmand again and I wonder: What is
the point?", by Stephen Carlson, The Washington Post. A
two-time deployed Soldier with 10th Mountain wonders what one battalion
can do that thousands of Marines and Soldiers couldn't do in Helmand
province.
Endnotes
1. For more on the dimissal of the Helmand
governor read
"Afghan governor turned 3,000 men over to Taliban", The
Telegraph, November 20, 2009.
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