Mohammad Ilyas Dayee is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan in Helmand.
While some Taliban leaders are apparently active in southern Afghanistan, there is no definitive proof that the entire insurgent chain of command now operates from within Afghanistan.
A senior Afghan security official says his forces will fight to take back most of the territories lost to the Taliban in Afghanistan’s largest province.
The provincial capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan is struggling to improve sanitation as displaced families fleeing the Taliban add to its population.
Afghan officials point to systemic weaknesses within the government forces as the main reason for the Taliban’s rapid advance in Afghanistan’s largest province, Helmand.
Residents of Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, have urged Kabul to swiftly move to end their city’s nearly four-month siege by the Taliban, who have made significant gains in recent weeks.
Afghan government mistakes and weaknesses have aided the Taliban’s advances in Helmand. This key province in southern Afghanistan is central to the insurgents’ drive to return to power.
Afghan forces are trying to hold off a Taliban offensive that has effectively besieged the capital of Afghanistan’s largest province.
The Taliban have cut off a major highway to Lashkar Gah, the besieged capital of the restive southern province of Helmand where insurgents claims to have made significant advances recently.
Three annual poppy harvests in Afghanistan’s most dangerous province are creating a bonanza for the Taliban, helping to boost their war coffers as they engage in one of their most violent annual campaigns.
War, neglect, and plunder are threatening one of Afghanistan’s most important archeological monuments with being devoured by muddy river waters.
Afghanistan’s fledgling air force is playing a vital role in backing the fight against the resurgent Taliban. On one of the most active front lines, more planes are needed to defeat the insurgents.
A lawmaker in Afghanistan’s largest province has warned that its capital could fall to the Taliban if the government fails to immediately send reinforcements to stop the insurgent advance.
By retraining, reinforcing, and re-equipping troops, Afghanistan is working hard to save its largest province from falling to the Taliban, whose offensive this year appears to aim at adding more territory to half of the province they already control.
The residents of Lashkar Gah, the capital of restive southern Helmand Province, are bracing for a possible Taliban seizure as the insurgents now appears to be inching closer to surrounding the city in a virtual siege.
For beleaguered Afghan civilians, life on a remote Afghan frontline goes on despite the threat of insurgent attacks and daily battles between government forces and the Taliban.
Lawmakers and tribal leaders have opposed handing over certain contested regions in southern Afghanistan to the Taliban to facilitate their participation in peace talks with the Afghan government.
A former Afghan communist declared a war 'hero' for battling anti-Soviet mujahedin guerillas is now leading the fight against Taliban forces on one of Afghanistan's most dangerous frontlines.
A remote Afghan town where NATO claimed success after a major operation during its Afghanistan campaign is now a contested frontline between Afghan forces and the Taliban.
A village in a restive southern province in Afghanistan encapsulates the insecurity, fear, and challenges civilians endure merely to survive amid escalating chaos.
Afghan officials and the Taliban are attempting unprecedented cooperation in reopening schools in remote parts of southern Afghanistan where insurgents control large swaths of territory.
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