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Xinhua
December 19, 2017
The intensified air campaign in November targeted what the U.S. described as the funding network of Taliban militants in Bahramcha, Musa Qala and adjoining areas in the restive, poppy-growing Helmand province, along the border with Pakistan. The campaign reportedly killed scores of militants andÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
December 7, 2017
The Baghran and Disho districts in Helmand have been under the control of Taliban for the past 14 years, Nawzad, Musa Qala, Khanshin more than three years, and only the centers of Sangin, Kajaki, Garmser, Washir and Marjah districts are under government's control. “Parts of Nawa, Greshk and Marjah ...
TOLOnews
December 7, 2017
The 215 Maiwand Military Corps is optimistic about the increase of airstrikes while Baghran, Nowzad, Musa Qala, Khanshin and Desho districts of the province have been under Taliban control for some years. Fighting is also ongoing between Taliban and security forces in parts of Lashkargah city, the ...
TOLOnews
December 7, 2017
The Baghran and Disho districts in Helmand have been under the control of Taliban for the past 14 years, Nawzad, Musa Qala, Khanshin more than three years, and only the centers of Sangin, Kajaki, Garmser, Washir and Marjah districts are under government's control. “Parts of Nawa, Greshk and Marjah ...
Stars and Stripes
December 7, 2017
The military said in a statement that the strike, conducted Friday in Helmand's Musa Qala district, killed Mullah Shah Wali, commander of the crack Taliban unit, his deputy and three others. It said the Red Unit is responsible for planning numerous bombings and coordinating assaults against civilians and ...
MENAFN.COM
December 6, 2017
He said the US forces targeted the militants in an area between Greshk and Musa Qala districts. Cap. Mohammad Ismail Khpalwak, police chief for Greshk district, also said Mullah Daud had been killed. 'Mullah Mohammad Daud was returning from funeral ceremony of Mullah Nasar, Taliban's shadow ...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
December 6, 2017
Mohammad Daud, Taliban's shadow district chief for Greshk, and five others were killed late on Monday in US airstrikes. He said the US forces targeted the militants in an area between Greshk and Musa Qala districts. Cap. Mohammad Ismail Khpalwak, police chief for Greshk district, also said Mullah Daud ...
TOLOnews
December 4, 2017
The 215 Maiwand Military Corps is optimistic about the increase of airstrikes while Baghran, Nowzad, Musa Qala, Khanshin and Desho districts of the province have been under Taliban control for some years. Fighting is also ongoing between Taliban and security forces in parts of Lashkargah city, the capital city of theÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 4, 2017
Wali was killed alongside a suicide bomber and two other Taliban commanders in Helmand's Musa Qala district, according to the NDS. The United States has worked hard to build up Afghan air support and attack capabilities since they were found inadequate after most foreign forces withdrew three years ...
TOLOnews
December 3, 2017
Mullah Shah Wali, the Taliban shadow deputy governor for Helmand and commander the group's special forces, the so-called “red group”, has been killed in Musa Qala district in the south of the province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Sunday. Shah Wali was appointed asÃÂ ...
Syrian War Daily (blog)
November 30, 2017
Syrian Arab Army briefly captured Ramlah village from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, south of Khanaser. Besides recapturing Ramlah, HTS ' commander Edi Abu Faisal stated that HTS regained control of Talafah, Al-Rashadiyah, Siyala, and Abeisan. Abu Faisal also stated that 15 SAA 's soldiers were killed ...
Xinhua
November 24, 2017
The U.S. military, according to local officials and media reports, conducted airstrikes against drug producing factories in Bahramcha, Musa Qala, Kajaki, Nawzad and Washir districts of the southern Helmand province on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, destroying some 20 heroin labs besides killing more ...
TOLOnews
November 21, 2017
Commander of US-Forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson said a well-planned raid against drug producing facilities was carried out in Helmand on Sunday and that for the first time an F-22 bomber was used in combat in Afghanistan. “We used an F22 Raptor aircraft that can carry 250lbs bombs and ...
Long War Journal
November 20, 2017
Musa Qala and Sangin are controlled by the Taliban, while Kajaki is hotly contested, according to ongoing analysis by FDD's Long War Journal of Afghanistan's districts. At least 45 districts of Afghanistan's 407 districts are Taliban controlled and another 115 are contested. The Taliban claims to contest ...
Truthdig
November 14, 2017
Despite support from American airpower and 700 Special Operations troops, in February and March 2016 embattled government forces retreated from Musa Qala and Khan Neshin, leaving the Taliban largely in control of 10 of Helmand's 14 districts. After 3,000 government troops died in that Taliban ...
HuffPost
November 13, 2017
Despite support from American airpower and 700 Special Operations troops, in February and March 2016 embattled government forces retreated from Musa Qala and Khan Neshin, leaving the Taliban largely in control of 10 of Helmand's 14 districts. After 3,000 government troops died in that Taliban ...
hngnews.com
November 4, 2017
He was involved with the construction of buildings and towers for the base at Musa Qala. Back in the U.S. for a couple months, he volunteered ...
TOLOnews
October 21, 2017
... Kohistan district in Sar-e-Pul, Khanshin, Baghran, Musa Qala, Nowzad and Desho districts in Helmand and Khak-e-Afghan district in Zabul ...
hngnews.com
October 20, 2017
He was involved with the construction of buildings and towers for the base at Musa Qala. Back in the U.S. for a couple months, he volunteered ...
TOLOnews
October 9, 2017
They said the Afghan government should answer to how the Taliban leader managed to safely travel to Musa Qala district. “Pakistan and those ...
Outlook India
October 9, 2017
Raziq informed that the Taliban chief arrived to Musa Qala district where he summoned a meeting of his local commanders and leaders ...
Greater Kashmir
October 9, 2017
The militant leader issued the order during his visit to Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province some 10 days ago, a senior security ...
TOLOnews
October 9, 2017
They said the Afghan government should answer to how the Taliban leader managed to safely travel to Musa Qala district. “Pakistan and those ...
RT
October 7, 2017
The supposed new order came some 10 days ago, during Akhundzada's visit to the district of Musa Qala, the Taliban's stronghold in ...
The Times
October 6, 2017
Musa Qala, another major battleground for the British that is also in Taliban hands, has become the main headquarters for the Taliban in ...
The Guardian
August 2, 2017
In Musa Qala, the Taliban run a veritable government; in Lashkar Gah, they are close enough to occasionally lob rockets into the governor's ...
BBC News
June 7, 2017
Later we drove to Musa Qala, the Taliban's de facto capital. Just short of the town, we stopped at a travelling bazaar set up on a dry riverbed.
BBC News
June 7, 2017
Later we drove to Musa Qala, the Taliban's de facto capital. Just short of the town, we stopped at a travelling bazaar set up on a dry riverbed.
Long War Journal
March 23, 2017
In Helmand, the Taliban now controls seven of the province's 14 districts (Baghran, Dishu, Khanashin, Now Zad, Nawa, Musa Qala, and ...
Belfast Telegraph
August 24, 2016
And that's because the siege of Musa Qala - and the ignominious way it concluded - remains a source of considerable embarrassment for the ...
Telegraph.co.uk
February 20, 2016
Afghan forces withdrew from bases in Musa Qala without firing a shot on Saturday, conceding to the Taliban a symbolically important district of ...
The Guardian
August 27, 2015
It was a victory celebrated in song, video and photograph on social media, even though control of Musa Qala district brings little military ...
BBC News
August 26, 2015
Musa Qala saw some of the fiercest clashes between Western forces and the Taliban following the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
... opinion to President Donald Trump for consideration. GettyImages-109205174 A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo company launches an FMG-148 Javelin anti-tank missile at Mirage patrol base, Musa Qala District, Helmand province on February 8, 2011. DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty.
Kyiv Post
December 31, 1999
A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo company launches an FMG-148 Javelin anti-tank missile at Mirage patrol base, Musa Qala ...
Herald Scotland
September 2, 2017
In places like Musa Qala, once scene of another major British action, the Taliban now run a veritable government. “Even if you kill all the teenagers, the nextÃÂ ...
The New Arab
August 24, 2017
Musa Qala, another town in the province which was captured by British troops in 2006 - a victory heralded as "iconic" at the time by thenÃÂ ...
The Lawton Constitution
August 9, 2017
His 2 years in service ended when he was severely injured on April 4, 2010, in Musa Qala, a town in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. "My unitÃÂ ...
The Guardian
August 2, 2017
In Musa Qala, the Taliban run a veritable government; in Lashkar Gah, they are close enough to occasionally lob rockets into the governor'sÃÂ ...
Long War Journal
August 1, 2017
The Taliban now controls six of the province's 14 districts (Baghran, Dishu, Khanashin, Now Zad, Musa Qala, and Sangin) and contests anotherÃÂ ...
Long War Journal
July 22, 2017
The Taliban now controls six of the province's 14 districts (Baghran, Dishu, Khanashin, Now Zad, Musa Qala, and Sangin) and contests anotherÃÂ ...
Long War Journal
July 17, 2017
The Taliban now controls six of the province's 14 districts (Baghran, Dishu, Khanashin, Now Zad, Musa Qala, and Sangin) and contests anotherÃÂ ...
BBC News
June 7, 2017
Later we drove to Musa Qala, the Taliban's de facto capital. Just short of the town, we stopped at a travelling bazaar set up on a dry riverbed.
BBC News
June 7, 2017
Later we drove to Musa Qala, the Taliban's de facto capital. Just short of the town, we stopped at a travelling bazaar set up on a dry riverbed.
Belfast Telegraph
August 24, 2016
And that's because the siege of Musa Qala - and the ignominious way it concluded - remains a source of considerable embarrassment for theÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
February 20, 2016
Afghan forces withdrew from bases in Musa Qala without firing a shot on Saturday, conceding to the Taliban a symbolically important district ofÃÂ ...
The Guardian
August 27, 2015
It was a victory celebrated in song, video and photograph on social media, even though control of Musa Qala district brings little militaryÃÂ ...
BBC News
August 26, 2015
Musa Qala saw some of the fiercest clashes between Western forces and the Taliban following the American-led invasion of Afghanistan inÃÂ ...
KITV Honolulu
March 26, 2017
December 11, 2007 - Afghan troops backed by NATO recapture the provincial town of Musa Qala from Taliban control. October 21, 2008 - Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal confirms that Saudi Arabia hosted talks between Afghan officials and the Taliban inÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
March 25, 2017
That night in 2011, Lance Cpl. Matias Ferreira led fellow Marines into Musa Qala. They cleared out a compound, and then came the fateful moment - Ferreira, a machine-gunner, jumped from a rooftop to retrieve some supplies.
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