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  • Bomb disposal soldier disposes over ten Taliban IEDs

    The village of Loy Manday had been littered with IEDs for over four years, driving locals away and rendering it a ghost town. There had been…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ISAF commander praises troops in open letter

    The versatility, skill, determination and courage of troops in Afghanistan have been the stuff of history the Commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said this week in an open letter to all troops.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bomb disposal pair clear Taliban IED factory

    Two members of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED TF) have spent two full days making safe an IED factory found by British soldiers in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand province.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Flight from Kabul carrying British nationals: Foreign Secretary's statement, 9 September 2021

    Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave a statement on the departure of British nationals on a flight from Kabul.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Afghan Army operation drives wedge through Taliban

    What has been described as the most significant operation conducted yet by the Afghan National Army (ANA) in Helmand has now concluded, driving a wedge through the heart of Taliban operations in Gereshk.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "A reconciliation and political process led by the Afghan Government is essential"

    Minister Alistair Burt discusses the UK’s position on efforts to reconcile and reintegrate members of the Taliban on the terms set out by the Afghan Government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Inspirational Afghan women invited to Parliament for International Women’s Day

    International Women’s Day marked by recognising just some of the extraordinary Afghan women who have made the UK their home.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • UK pledges £286 million of lifesaving aid for Afghanistan

    UK pledges further £286 million of UK aid to the Afghan people to provide life-saving food and emergency health support.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Royal Marines unearth and destroy Taliban explosives

    The UK's Brigade Reconnaissance Force, in partnership with Afghan forces, has seized and destroyed a tonne of homemade explosive in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Peace, fair elections and equal representation in Afghanistan

    Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Royal Irish discover large Taliban weapons cache

    Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) recently discovered a large Taliban weapons cache during a patrol in the Nawabad desert area of Helmand province.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British and Afghan troops raid Taliban bomb factory

    British troops and Afghan police have taken advantage of a tip-off from local people to raid a bomb factory in what was once a Taliban stronghold.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Marine survives Taliban bullet

    Marine Jason Nash was on duty in Helmand province when he was shot by insurgents in April 2010. But thanks to body armour doing its job, the…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statement on Afghanistan at Meeting of Members of the UN Security Council

    UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, Jonathan Allen, underlines UK support for Afghanistan in response to COVID-19 and urges progress towards a peace process.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Addressing human rights and peace negotiations in Afghanistan

    Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on Afghanistan

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • ISAF plans for Afghanistan on course and unchanged

    Major General Nick Pope, who has recently taken over as the Chief of the Defence Staff's Strategic Communications Officer, briefed members of the media yesterday on the situation in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM to call on G7 leaders to step up support for Afghan people

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a G7 Leaders’ meeting this afternoon (Tuesday 24th August).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • FCO Minister condemns attack in Afghanistan

    Minister for Afghanistan Tobias Ellwood calls for end to violence in Afghanistan following attack in Paghman district

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Foreign Secretary discusses progress in Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague explained what UK efforts in Afghanistan are achieving in an interview with Dermot Murnaghan on Sky News this morning.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "59% of Afghans think their country is going in the right direction"

    Foreign Secretary discussed the latest opinion poll of Afghans across Afghanistan on Radio 4's World at One programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government