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Ahead of a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, the signatories to the Women, Peace and Security Shared Commitments delivered the following statement.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Writing in Times Red Box, former UK Ambassador to Afghanistan Sir Laurie Bristow reflects on last year's evacuation effort in Afghanistan.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Foreign Secretary updated Parliament on the UK's international response to the situation in Afghanistan.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab joined a meeting with international counterparts about the situation in Afghanistan.
The operation was undertaken by Combined Force Nad ‘Ali whose units include 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, the Royal Dragoon…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
British soldiers in Helmand have completed a three-day operation to disrupt insurgent activity in a Taliban stronghold in the Upper Gereshk Valley.
Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon addressed the UN Human Rights Council during the special session on serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan.
A RAF Tornado GR4 crew on a surveillance mission was diverted to launch an air assault on Taliban fighters who had ambushed UK troops on patrol in Helmand.
A new shot detection system called Boomerang III has been introduced in patrol bases and checkpoints on the front line of Helmand province to alert troops immediately to the source of incoming fire.
The UK Minister for South Asia Lord Ahmad writes in The Times that the UK government's commitment to Afghanistan and its people remains strong.
A decade after UK Forces began operations in Afghanistan, Tristan Kelly reports from Helmand as all eyes look forward to the planned end of UK combat operations there in 2015.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a statement to the House of Commons on Afghanistan.
After nearly two months of being operational in Afghanistan, the world's fastest helicopter, the Lynx Mark 9A, has proved to be a vital boost to the UK's battlefield capability.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss pledges £75 million of UK emergency aid to support 1.8 million Afghans.
Afghan National Army and UK soldiers have seized a substantial amount of explosives and other bomb-making equipment in Afghanistan.
Explanation of vote by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan
Members of the RAF Regiment have found and destroyed a large cache of Taliban IED-making equipment in an operation conducted alongside Afghan and US forces.
Foreign Secretary urges parties to ‘seize opportunity’ in historic Afghan peace talks.
The Taliban staging post, which also hid drugs to be sold to raise funds, was discovered by soldiers from B Company, The Royal Highland Fusiliers…
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