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Helmand

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Hel·mand  (hlmnd)
A river, about 1,287 km (800 mi) long, rising in the Hindu Kush and flowing southwest across Afghanistan to a marshy lake on the Iranian border.
Helmand [ˈhɛlmənd]
n
(Placename) a river in S Asia, rising in E Afghanistan and flowing generally southwest to a marshy lake, Hamun Helmand, on the border with Iran. Length: 1400 km (870 miles)


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As part of this strategy, British troops withdrew from the southern Helmand province, and NATO dropped 500-pound bombs on a known Taliban hideout in Helmand's Khod Valley, sending a signal that it would tolerate no violence in the area.
As Taliban re-emerge in Afghanistan, Musharraf and Karzai visit White ... by Ali, M.M. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Did you know that for 18 months after we defeated the Taliban in December, 2001, the "United States-led coalition deployed no peacekeepers outside Kabul," according to David Rohde of The New York Times, "leaving the security of provinces like Helmand to local Afghans?
Determined to fail by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
The capital of Afghanistan's Helmand Province was a modern city, built up by the United States during the Cold War, with suburban-style houses and a hydroelectric dam.
Can Afghanistan stay the course? Five years after the overthrow of ... by Rohde, David / New York Times Upfront
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