Matt Dupee takes a look at the Taliban takeover Musa Qala in Afghanistan one year on. Matt writes about the Afghanistan conflict at Afgha.com.. It has been over 10 months since Taliban forces staged a ...

MUSA QALA, Afghanistan — Taliban rule brought an end last August to America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, but for the many here who suffered unimaginable loss during those decades, ...

The battle to own Musa Qala is expected to be intense, because of its value to both sides. For the Taliban, there’s major symbolic value in being able to hold a town in a country ostensibly ...

A US Marine, an interpreter, and an Afghan soldier talk to a village elder in the town of Karamanda in Musa Qala in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal. Bill ...

Afghan men in the town of Musa Qala shortly after the town was retaken by coalition troops in December (AFP) The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, William Wood, on January 13 met with Mullah Abdul ...

A decades-long fight over land has been reinvigorated as Taliban leaders look to reward their fighters with property, even if that means evicting others. Sheep herders in Musa Qala, Helmand ...

Afghan forces withdraw from Musa Qala, scene of so much British bloodshed. At least 23 British lives were lost during fierce fighting to take and hold the Helmand district from the Taliban during ...

The storming of Musa Qala was ferocious. Hundreds of Taliban fighters poured incessant fire into the government buildings and police station. The ensuing battle was the longest and fiercest since ...

A key district in Afghanistan's Helmand province was being besieged by Taliban militants who have captured the area's hospital, an official said. IE 11 is not supported.

Musa Qala became a centre for mass production of opium with much of the proceeds going towards funding the insurgency. It was recaptured at the end of 2007 in an operation by British, US and ...