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	Helmand Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Helmand (Persian: هلمند) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
		There are reports that the Taliban see Helmand province as a key testing area for their ability to take and hold Afghan territory from NATO and Afghani troops [2].
		News reports identified the insurgents involved in the fighting as a mix of Taliban fighters and warring tribal groups, primarily the Ishakzai and Alikozai, who are heavily involved in the province's lucrative opium trade [4].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helmand_Province (684 words)

	Lemar-Aftaab - Jan. - March. 1998 - Vol. 1 Issue. 3 - Journey - Helmand: The Valley of Fertility & Livelihood - By Daud ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Helmand is located among the Southern provinces of Afghanistan bordering Kandahar, Farah, Orozgan and Zabul.
		Until 1940, the province was considered as part of the province of Kandahar, but after the implication of the Helmand-Argandab Irrigation Project, it obtained the status of a separate province with the capital Gareshk.
		The fertile province of Helmad is covered by both banks of the Helmand river-- the biggest river in Afghanistan and the seventh biggest river in Asia.
	www.afghanmagazine.com /janmarch98/journey/helmand.html (848 words)

	HELMAND RIVER in Zoroastrian Tradition - (CAIS) ©
		According to Avestan geography [1700 B.C.E.], the region of the Haêtumant River extends in a southwest direction from the point of confluence of the Arghandâb with the Helmand (Gnoli, 1980, p.
		The important role that the Helmand River and its region have played in Zoroastrian tradition is linked to the special connection between them and the kavaêm xúar, and therefore also to the xúar (farrah, farr) of the Kavis, the Kayanids of the national tradition (Gershevitch, 1959, pp.
		Numerous indications lead to the assumption that in an unspecific but archaic period, probably during the course of the 6th century B.C.E., a process occurred in which the Helmand and other localities of its region were identified with elements of traditional cosmography and mythical geography.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/helmand_zoroastrian.htm (1070 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Afghan province to provide one-third of world's heroin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		British officials are bracing themselves for the result of an annual UN poppy survey due later this summer.
		Early indications show an increase on Helmand's 1999 record of 45,000 hectares (112,500 acres) and a near-doubling of last year's crop.
		Helmand's bumper harvest highlights the failure of western counter-narcotics efforts that have cost at least $2bn (£1.1bn) since 2001.
	www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,,1796794,00.html (535 words)

	Helmand River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Helmand river stretched 715 miles (1,150 km) from the Hindu Kush mountains about 50 miles (80 km) west of Kabul, crosses south-west through the desert, to the Seistan marshes and the Hamun-i-Helmand lake region around Zabol at the Afghan-Iranian border.
		The hot, steamy conditions in the Helmand Valley were well suited for the breeding of elephants, the ancient equivalent of tanks.
		The Helmand's ancient irrigation and river-control system was destroyed by Genghis Khan (13th cent.) and Timur (14th cent.); the modern irrigation works are vital to both Iranians and Afghans, and in times of drought there are disputes over water rights.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Helmand_River (355 words)

	Helmand: the river in Arachosia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		From Phrada during the winter of 330-329, Alexander moved to south through Arachosia toward valley of the Helmand River, and crossed the country of the Paropamisadae, where he founded the city of Alexandria in Arachosia.
		The Helmand stretched 1450 km from the mountains about 80 km west of Kabul, through the desert, until it reaches the marshes and the lake region.
		Kavi Vishtaspa of the Helmand valley in southeastern part of the land was a powerful person and like other kavis, a man of learning.
	www.hindunet.org /saraswati/helmand/helmand1.htm (1868 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Unravelling the Helmand impasse
		The plan for winning Helmand province was plotted out for me by one of the commanders on a decorative square tablecloth with a paper cup representing Lashkar Gah.
		But dropping too much ink, in too many places, too quickly is what has overstretched the British forces in Helmand and brought on the need for reinforcements, 120 of whom have already arrived in the province.
		The new governor of Helmand is not a warlord and he now has a good, clean police chief, but all levels of local government have to be cleaned up if people are going to trust the administration, and the British forces protecting and assisting them.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/5179440.stm (832 words)

	Boston.com - restaurant reviews - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cambridge, MA Helmand is an Afghani restaurant named after Afghanistan's longest and most important river.
		Located in East Cambridge, Helmand is always packed with diners who swear by its authentic fare.
		We also dug into Helmand's "Our Cake." The cake is flavored with cardamom and pineapple, and is served with ice cream and pomegranate sauce.
	www.boston.com /news/necn/Shows/tv_diner/restaurant_reviews/Helmand (375 words)

	Helmand, The\|Cambridge - Research Cambridge Restaurants and read user reviews and information about Helmand, The and ...
		"never exactly a secret, the helmand enjoyed a burst of publicity when the managers brother took over the provisional government of afghanistan, and its hardly had a slow night since...
		"the helmand, bostons only afghan restaurant, is the outgrowth of another helmand in san francisco...
		A friend and I decided to try Helmand on a whim and were delighted to find that we did not have to wait (went at 6pm-ish on a Monday).
	www.openlist.com /restaurants-view-helmand_the.htm (916 words)

	ThreatsWatch.Org: InBrief: Battles in Helmand, Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Afghan Army and police units, along with the U.S. military are engaged in combat with Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand.
		While the fighting continues in Helmand, the Dutch Parliament has approved the deployment of 1,400 troops to neighboring Uruzgan province.
		Reuters is reporting this morning that the fighting in Helmand has driven away both the villagers and the fighters from the area.
	inbrief.threatswatch.org /2006/02/battles-in-helmand-afghanistan (771 words)

	Helmand News
		Jackie Dent and agencies Thursday October 26, 2006 Guardian Unlimited British soldiers on patrol on the northern edge of Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.
		Needless to say, not only are the drug warriors way out of their depth in Afghanistan, but their efforts are actually helping the jihadis: A few weeks before I arrived in Helmand, John Walters, the director of...
		A suicide bomber killed several civilians, including two children, and also a British Marine in an attack on a NATO convoy in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday,...
	www.topix.net /af/helmand (696 words)

	Troops must stay in Helmand: Reid -DAWN - International; April 24, 2006
		Wardak said Helmand is a geographically significant region where militant activity “impacts” on neighbouring provinces.
		“That is why Helmand is one of the provinces which is troubled and we do hope that with the presence of British forces, the security situation will change and improve,” he told reporters.
		Three British soldiers were wounded in an April 10 explosion while patrolling in Helmand, the first attack on British forces since they began a NATO peacekeeping mission in the region in early 2006.
	www.dawn.com /2006/04/24/int2.htm (374 words)

	TomPaine.com - Helmand? I Barely Know Him!
		All told, in surrounding Helmand Province, five teachers, one judge and scores of police officers have been killed.
		By the spring of 2005, the stepped-up American effort in Helmand was showing signs of being overmatched by the rising violence.
		In Helmand, a field commander in the new development effort was Charles Grader.
	www.tompaine.com /articles/2006/09/05/helmand_i_barely_know_him.php (1546 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| British soldier killed in Helmand suicide attack
		A British soldier was killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province today in a suicide bombing that also killed two children.
		A MoD spokesman said the Royal Marine from the 45 Commando was killed and another was seriously injured in the attack as a Nato military convoy was leaving the Afghan national police station at Lashkar Gar this morning.
		Brigadier Ed Butler, the commanding officer of the recently returned 3 Para battle group, said this week that the decline in the ferocity of Taliban attacks over the past weeks seemed to be a sign the insurgents had suffered serious setbacks.
	www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,,1926572,00.html (357 words)

	News: Afghanistan, Afghanistan: Helmand province violence intensifies
		Britain now has about 1,000 soldiers in Helmand Province and is preparing to deploy a full task force of 3,300 soldiers there by the end of June.
		In addition to being one of Afghanistan's most violence provinces, Helmand is a main region for illegal opium farming.
		U.S. military officials have said that the Taliban is working together with organized drug gangs in Helmand -- complicating international efforts to bring security there and combat the narcotics trade.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ABES-6P7QV7?OpenDocument (667 words)

	The Helmand
		The Helmand ain't just a river in Afghanistan, it's also an excellent restaurant in North Beach.
		But walking into Helmand had us mumbling ashamedly, wondering if we had underdressed.
		He began to gloat, and I felt very small in the presence of this ordering savant, but he was then very generous with samples, which we ate up like dogs under the table, and all was right on Broadway.
	www.fudcourt.com /helmand.html (913 words)

	MetroActive Dining \| Helmand
		Cardamom, pistachios, pumpkin and juicy mounds of lamb dominate the menu of Helmand, a North Beach restaurant on the outskirts of Broadway.
		The unusual heat of Indian dishes is offset in Afghan cuisine by the honey, nutmeg and mint that define the Turkish style of the Middle East.
		Kourma challow ($11.95), juicy chunks of meat grilled with cumin, coriander and nutmeg, may have been casual in presentation--sautéed green and red peppers and onions accompanied by the cumin-flavored, baked-rice "challow"--but allowed the ragged deliciousness of the meat to burst forth.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sfmetro/05.10.99/dining-9917.html (614 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Afghan fighting leaves '34 dead'
		US-led coalition forces say they have killed 32 "enemy fighters", assumed to be the Taleban and their allies in clashes in southern Helmand province.
		The Taleban are reported as saying that they have begun a new spring offensive against foreign and government forces.
		Helmand province has been at the centre of a recent upsurge in fighting.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4855634.stm (319 words)

	Boston’s Weekly Dig: Eats & Drinks: The Helmand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fusing many of the ingredients and cooking styles of India with the delicate spices of the Middle East, Afghan cuisine is a crossroads of flavor, at once rich and subtle, with a character all its own.
		Located in East Cambridge near the Galleria, the Helmand is one of four restaurants owned by the Karzai family, whose most famous member, Hamid, now heads Afghanistan's interim government.
		With its sunny yellow walls, rustic blue cabinets, and Pottery-Barn-style furniture and tableware, the capacious interior of the Helmand at first seemed to me more like a French country kitchen than a central Asian restaurant.
	www.weeklydig.com /articles/the_helmand_2 (546 words)

	CNN.com - Marines on the move in Helmand province - January 1, 2002
		Two of the main provinces here -- one is Kandahar, also the city of Kandahar, and the other is Helmand Province just to the west of there.
		In Helmand Province, in the northern section of that, there's a small town called Baghran.
		Well, what this operation did here for the U.S. Marines is, basically they did not go that far north into Helmand Province near the town of Baghran, but it was further south from there.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/01/01/hemmer.marines.otsc (720 words)

	Helmand - Cambridge - Yelp
		I'm guessing its associated with The Helmand restaurant in San Francisco, since their menus are the same.
		i first dropped in on the helmand back in '01 at the recommendation of a friend--back then it was just beginning to bustle with word of mouth excitement.
		That said, Helmand can be crowded and loud with a bit of a wait.
	www.yelp.com /biz/D2pEDsQBUO5GIgyT8oKUxg (2632 words)

	helmand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Helmand is one of my favorite Cantabrigian restaurants, thanks to its fine service, delicious cuisine, and light pull from the wallet.
		My vegetarian friend is always happy to go to the Helmand; it has a full page dedicated to vegetarian choices that are more imaginative than most.
		The setting is warm and cozy, which complements the food in offering a great antidote to the winter blues.
	www.toprestaurants.com /boston/helmand.htm (396 words)

	Helmand Restaurant - San Francisco, CA - CuisineNet
		Helmand serves traditional Afghani food in an oasis of elegance.
		The Afghani bread is warm and delicious and the service is solicitous and understated.
		Helmand is a place that serves you an Afghan cuisine.
	www.cuisinenet.com /cnet/san_francisco/rest/1924.shtml (165 words)

	The Helmand - San Francisco - Yelp
		The Helmand is a classic and doesn't need any trendy gimmicks to lure in a loyal following.
		It'd be tough for the Helmand to mess up their monopoly on Afghani cuisine here.
		Basically, the Helmand is a way to feel like you're being cultured while not leaving the comfort of luxurious San Francisco.
	www.yelp.com /biz/ld7vEnbgfJImJ7V7yG2duw (2782 words)

	British Troops Secure Helmand Province (AFG) - Military Photos
		An advance team of British forces has been meeting with district leaders throughout the province ahead of the arrival of the Helmand Task Force which which should be fully deployed by June.
		British forces have been meeting with district leaders throught the province ahead of the arrival of the British Helmand Task Force which which should be fully deployed by June.
		Taliban forces in Helmand, reportedly funded by protecting the region's huge trade in opium, control much of the countryside and attack Afghan government troops at will.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=76587 (2294 words)

	San Francisco Afghan North Beach Reviews of Helmand, ...
		It was very lovely to sit in the dining room area and enjoy the beautiful Afghani paintings on the wall as you eat an aromatic dish of lamb, beef, or chicken.
		The servers were attentive (surprising at a buffet), and the buffet itself had great selection of dishes: soups, plenty of veggie dishes, meats, kabobs, rice, and lentils.
		Tucked away on the outskirts of the Broadway strip, The Helmand is casually elegant, with reasonable prices and consistently delicious food.
	sfsurvey.com /rd.asp?r=339 (1436 words)

	The Helmand Afghan Restaurant Review
		I was also pleased to see the place filling up with diners, and, by 8pm on a Friday night, it was full, and all four waiters busy.
		The Helmand restaurant is medium-sized, luxurious, warm, and seats about 70.
		It’s an ideal place for an anniversary, birthday, graduation celebration, etc. since it is elegant – of course, cloth napkins and tablecloths – the food is terrific, and the service very attentive.
	www.inetours.com /Pages/Dining_Archive/The_Helmand.html (518 words)

	Helmand in Baltimore, MD - AOL City Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Consistently hailed as one of Charm City's best restaurants, Helmand is still the benchmark when it comes to high-quality Afghan cuisine in Baltimore.
		Afghan cuisine tends to be less spicy than Indian, so don't be shy about asking the courteous waitstaff for help in making selections.
		Popular dishes at Helmand include Banjar Borawni, eggplant with yogurt sauce; and Koufta, meatballs with spicy pepper-flavored sabzy or spinach -- you'll notice that spinach finds its way into many Helmand dishes like the house specialty Sabzy Challow which is spinach and lamb.
	www.digitalcity.com /baltimore/restaurants/helmand/v-102368237 (414 words)

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