KABUL: Police have discovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province over the past ...

Police have discovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in Afghanistan's Helmand province over the past three months, ...

You could see its wings, the weapons loaded onto it, and then the uncertainty and fear in the eyes of these young nomads. ... At this time of year there are many Kuchis to be found in Helmand.

The BBC's Bilal Sarwary recently travelled about Helmand where he observed police at work, spoke to people on the streets and nomads on the move in a critical year for Afghanistan.

AFGHANISTAN: BRITISH SPECIAL forces in Afghanistan have killed a leading Taliban commander in a gun battle in the south of the… ...

What used to be Camp Bastion in Helmand province is now a base for Afghan troops, from where they will launch a critically important assault on the Taliban, Justin Rowlatt reports.

In the end about 40,000 troops (up from 3,000) were fighting in Helmand at the height of operations in 2009 and 2010. When they all left by the end of last year the province steadily returned to ...