The Brits concede Musa Qala is under Taliban control, the US said it will retake it, and NATO plans to prevent a Taliban offensive. Map of ISAF Mission in Afghanistan. Click to Enlarge. We noted in ...

Map detailing Taliban-controlled or contested districts. Click colored district for information. Map created by Bill Roggio, Caleb Weiss, and Patrick Megahan. The Afghan military withdrew its ...

An Afghan policeman guards a checkpoint in Musa Qala after Taliban fighters fled the town (AFP) Afghan government troops and NATO forces are patrolling the southern town of Musa Qala today after ...

KABUL — A key district in Afghanistan's Helmand province was besieged by Taliban militants who also captured the area's main hospital, a local official told NBC News on Wednesday. Subscribe to read ...

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 ...

NATO and U.S. forces joined an Afghan army campaign August 27 to try to stop a Taliban advance in southern Afghanistan. Nearly 14 years after the U.S. invasion that toppled the Taliban regime, the ...

Chinook helicopters dropped Capt. Don Canterna's company of soldiers on the dusty outskirts of Musa Qala as evening fell. Loaded down with weapons, food and water, his men walked through the night.