Helmand
Two senior officials from the US Navy and Marine Corps visited the restive southern Helmand province of Afghanistan to meet the local officials and review the situation of the key southern province
The Taliban militants and their local leaders suffered heavy casualties during the operations in Sangin, and Washir districts, southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.
Afghan officials say at least 10 security forces have been killed after the Afghan Air Force mistakenly dropped bombs on their checkpoint.
Afghan security forces have retaken a southern district from the Taliban as part of a drive to weaken the insurgents' hold on Helmand province.
At least six insurgents were killed in an airstrike in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Wednesday
The U.S. Marine Corps has returned to Helmand, the restive province in southern Afghanistan
