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# helmand - Saturday 24 February, 2018
Over 20 killed in multiple suicide bombings and attacks in Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
# helmand - Thursday 1 January, 2015
Women and children among 28 dead as rocket hits wedding party
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# helmand - Sunday 14 July, 2013
More British soldiers killed themselves than died in Afghanistan last year
A total of 50 serving and veteran British soldiers died by suicide last year, more than the 40 who died in combat in Afghanistan.
# helmand - Saturday 15 September, 2012
Taliban claims film revenge attack on base in south Afghanistan
Two US Marines were killed in the attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, where Prince Harry is based.
# helmand - Monday 27 August, 2012
Insurgents kill 17 'party-goers' in Afghanistan
Early reports said that the 15 men and two women had been beheaded but subsequent accounts have shed more light on the attack.
# helmand - Monday 11 June, 2012
NATO to limit airstrikes on Afghan homes
A spokesperson for the military alliance says that airstrikes will not be used on civilian dwellings unless it’s a matter of ‘self-defence for troops on the ground’.
# helmand - Tuesday 10 April, 2012
Two separate suicide bombings kill 18 in Afghanistan
Both attacks took place outside government offices including a police station in Musa Qala.
# helmand - Saturday 3 December, 2011
British soldier dismissed from army after stabbing Afghan child
The soldier was dismissed from the army after his courtmartial in June convicted him of stabbing a 10-year-old boy in Helmand last year.
# helmand - Monday 30 May, 2011
NATO apologises after botched airstrike kills women and children in Afghanistan
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has asked NATO forces to coordinate airstrikes with his army but it appears NATO did not do so on this occasion.
# helmand - Friday 3 December, 2010
Wikileaks reveals US and Afghan scorn for British military
Leaked diplomatic cables show how both US and Afghan authorities had little faith in the British military’s capabilities.
# helmand - Monday 20 September, 2010
UK troops leave deadly Afghan province
British troops hand over responsibility for Sangin, in Helmand province, to US forces.
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