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HelmandLongest river in Afghanistan. Rising in the Hindu Kush, west of Kabul, it flows southwest for 1,125 km/703 mi before entering the marshland surrounding Lake Saberi on the Iranian frontier. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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? 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. |
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