Helmand Province

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1. Wikipedia: Helmand Province
2. USAID: Helmand Province
3. BBC News: In Pictures: Prince Harry in Afghanistan (February 28, 2008)
4. BBC News: "Prince Harry: As Normal as I'm Going to Get" (February 28, 2008)
   • "Harry has been out on patrol and in the field. He's had a taste of active service close to the front line...on one occasion when Harry was present five members of a Taliban unit were spotted in 'no-man's land' and were attacked - including by Harry using a heavy machine gun."
5. The Independent: "Brown's Wars: Overstretched in Helmand Province" (July 1, 2007)  
6. The Guardian: "Afghan Province to Provide One-Third of World's Heroin" (June 14, 2006)
7. Google Video: Newsnight: Report from Sangin Valley, Helmand Province, Afghanistan (Time: 16:43)

Helmand Province News and Information

• Google News: Helmland Province
• AFP: "29 Taliban Killed Protecting Afghan Opium" (February 28, 2008)
  • "A senior commander was among the dead in the clashes in Helmand Province, the top opium-producing area in Afghanistan, which churns out 90 percent of the world's supply."
• Press Association: "Harry Fights Taliban in Afghanistan" (February 28, 2008)
• Long War Journal: Taliban Commander in Helmand Province Killed by Afghan Police (February 28, 2008)
  • "Naqaibullah, who is also known as the 'Red mullah', commanded Taliban forces in the Gershk district and the surrounding regions."
• Long War Journal: Taliban Field Commander Killed in Helmand Province (February 21, 2008)
• Telegraph: "Claims of Atrocity in Helmand Province" (December 12, 2007)
• IRIN Asia: "Hundreds Flee Fighting in Helmand Province" (December 2, 2007)
• Radio Free Europe: "Volatile Helmand Province Grapples With Insecurity" (October 10, 2007)
• The Independent: "The Province Where the Taliban Were Never Defeated" (February 13, 2006)  

Helmand Province Blogs and Commentaries

• Telegraph: Should Prince Harry be Fighting on the Front Line?
• Daily Mail: Afghan Diaries: The Struggle and the Danger go on and on (December 2, 2007)
• Long War Journal: Operation Achilles: NATO's Offensive in Helmand Province (March 6, 2007)
• Washington Post: "The Road to Helmand" (February 4, 2007)  
• Jamestown Foundation: "Helmand Province and the Afghan Insurgency" (March 23, 2006)

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