Taliban attack teams ambush Marines as they return to base outside Marja. MARJA, Afghanistan, June 25, 2010— -- In Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province this morning, a Marine squad headed into ...

MARJAH, Afghanistan — After a fierce gunfight, U.S. Marines seized a strongly defended compound Friday that appears to have been a Taliban headquarters — complete with photos of fighters ...

Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, a veteran of Iraq, is leading the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade in its fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. He... Marine General Takes Fight To The Taliban The ...

DAHANEH, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marines battled Taliban fighters Wednesday for control of a strategic southern town in a new operation to cut militant supply lines and allow Afghan residents to vote in ...

Associated Press WriterBAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- Britain's Royal Marines joined the search for Taliban and al-Qaida fugitives in eastern Afghanistan, officials announced Tuesday, marking the combat ...

DAHANEH, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines battled Taliban fighters Wednesday for control of a strategic southern town in a new operation to cut militant supply lines and allow Afghan residents to vote in ...

Taliban insurgents melt away in the face of overwhelming force. CHANGOWLAK, Afghanistan Dec. 7, 2009— -- An offensive by U.S. Marines easily took the Taliban town of Now Zad today, killed 25 ...

Four years ago, the world watched the ignominious end of 20 years of the U.S. military’s hard work and sacrifice in Afghanistan as the country fell to the Taliban. Absent any evacuation plan, Afghan ...

NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest ...

The Marine Corps announced Monday that they handed out punishments to three Marines for their roles in urinating on the corpses of members of the Taliban—a videotaped incident that went viral in ...

NAWZAD, Afghanistan, Aug 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Marines and Afghan officials hoisted the Afghan flag over a formerly Taliban-held district of southern Afghanistan on Sunday, signalling success in their ...

During the first day of fighting, Marines said they killed between seven and 10 militants and seized about 66 pounds of opium, which the Taliban use to finance their insurgency. The U.S. military said ...