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Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... "Just do Marja" it reads. Marja is a quilt of small fertile plots just south and west of Lashkar Gah, the current provincial capital of Helmand. Like the irrigation channels that feed the fields of Marja, Lashkar Gah is largely the creation of a huge project by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that made Helmand the bread basket of Afghanistan, and a magnet...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... "Just do Marja" it reads. Marja is a quilt of small fertile plots just south and west of Lashkar Gah, the current provincial capital of Helmand. Like the irrigation channels that feed the fields of Marja, Lashkar Gah is largely the creation of a huge project by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that made Helmand the bread basket of Afghanistan, and a magnet...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - After the Taliban made nine threatening phone calls and fired a Kalashnikov outside his house, Shah Mohammad Mir left his hometown for months before returning with a new car and a new telephone number.
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Defence of the Realm (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... Kush for 350 miles, to join its major tributary, the Arghandab, at Qala Bost – now called Lashkar Gah. It is this river, flush with the meltwater of the northern snows, which forms the Helmand Valley as it carves its way through south-western portion of Afghanistan. From there, it continues another 250 miles to the Sistan Basin, spanning the Iran border, losing itself in the salt marshes...
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Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Make-up and fashion have become a form of resistance for many women in Afghanistan. Katrina Manson reports from Lashkar Gah. Pamela Anderson and Afghanistan's most dangerous, conservative province might not at first glance seem to have much in common. But step into a busy, cramped room in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, and there she is: blonde locks, wide darkly made-up eyes,...
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THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... on the enemy fighting position which terminated the enemy fire and destroyed the compound. Lashkar Gah Coalition aircraft conducted armed overwatch for friendly forces. The friendly forces reported receiving enemy rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire and requested air interdiction to terminate the enemy action. The points of origin for the enemy fire were confirmed and coordinates...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Pamela Anderson and Afghanistan's most dangerous, conservative province might not at first glance seem to have much in common. But step into a busy, cramped room in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, and there she is: blonde locks, wide darkly made-up eyes, and petulant pink lips smiling down from a large mirror.
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Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
... to go, leaving my day job as a journalist in London. I was based in Helmand’s capital, Lashkar Gah, sharing a room which more closely resembled a concrete bunker with two other female officers. At the end of a hard day in a male-dominated military environment, it was a place I could come back to and gossip with the girls. Wearing a uniform every day, with hair scraped into a bun and...
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THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... to intervene. Shows of force were demonstrated and were successful in deterring any enemy action. Lashkar Gah Coalition aircraft provided area reconnaissance for friendly forces. A request for a show of force was made to continue suppression of enemy action. The show of force was considered successful when no enemy action was noted. Air Operations in Iraq: No significant action to report...
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Stuart King (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
A bugler plays the Last Post at a Remembrance Service in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Southern Afghanistan in November 2007. Byline: SAC Kimberley Waterson RAF, Source: Army, Crown Copyright
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Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... who sees it as his job to get out to the people rather than to twiddle his thumbs in an office in Lashkar Gah.” A favourite of the British military and development officials, Helmand’s provincial governor Gulab Mangal, has been credited for championing opium poppy replacement programmes and helping to steer parts of Helmand’s population away from the Taliban. Governor Mangal,...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
From Cranmer The senior padre of Task Force Helmand, 11 Light Brigade, has said British soldiers in Afghanistan should be prepared to die in a ‘fight against the evil of fundamentalism’. Padre Mark Christian said killing ‘to defeat evil’ was ‘morally permissible’. He leads today’s Remembrance Sunday service in Lashkar Gah, where hundreds of soldiers...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... already commemorated Armistice Day with a two-minute silence.At the operational headquarters in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, the men and women of 11 Light Brigade stood still and bowed their heads.At exactly 11am local time work came to a halt as servicemen and women around the base took time out to pay their respects.At Camp Bastion, a 105mm light gun marked the beginning of the silence. From...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Angry Afghan villagers protested on Thursday against what they said was the killing of 11 civilians in an air strike by foreign troops, but local authorities said only fighters were killed.
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Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
The senior padre of Task Force Helmand, 11 Light Brigade, has said British soldiers in Afghanistan should be prepared to die in a 'fight against the evil of fundamentalism'. Padre Mark Christian said killing 'to defeat evil' was 'morally permissible'. He leads today's Remembrance Sunday service in Lashkar Gah, where hundreds of soldiers will gather to remember not only the fallen of past wars,...
