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Royal Military Policeman Corporal Mike Hansbury is currently deployed to Sangin providing front line policing and forensic assistance to the Royal Marine unit he is attached to.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Speech by Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for International Development on the Government's progress in Afghanistan.
UK’s Ambassador to UN comments on Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Sanctions
Foreign Secretary William Hague has published a progress report in Parliament of the key developments in Afghanistan during February.
Malala Yousafzai, a 14 year old girl shot by the Taliban in Pakistan last week, is being evacuated to the UK for specialist medical care.
In a husky voice, raw not from celebratory pints of Guinness but from recent homecoming parades, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Weir, Commanding Officer…
UK Armed Forces have deployed to Kosovo to support the processing and relocation of NATO Afghan employees.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Sergeant Sean McGlynn is to receive a Mention in Despatches following his actions while commanding a section tasked with providing security …
It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Sergeant Craig Brelsford and Private Johan Botha, both from The 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters), in Afghanistan on Saturday 8 September 2007.
Behind every battle-winning Apache in Afghanistan is a team of unsung heroes working tirelessly to ensure the British Army's gunship is fully serviced, fuelled and fitted with the fire power to take on the Taliban.
A search operation in an area thought to be a Taliban safe haven has been carried out by soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR) in their first major operation since recently arriving in Helmand province.
British-trained policemen in Afghanistan's Helmand province have extended their influence to a new area and detained five suspected poppy farmers in a joint operation with British troops.
Prime Minister David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai gave a press conference together during the PM's trip to Afghanistan.
As Nad 'Ali looks to a brighter future, Tristan Kelly reports from the former Taliban stronghold.
Flight Lieutenant Fortune, aged 28, is part of 1310 Flight, Royal Air Force Odiham, which was detached to Afghanistan in January 2010. The …
An Afghan National Army (ANA) unit has seized machine guns and ammunition shells after overpowering their opponents in an ambush.
Mr Cameron said yesterday’s statement was the first of regular updates to the House of Commons on the mission in Afghanistan, with quarterly…
Troops from B Company, 1 YORKS, took the fight to the insurgents during a recent patrol with Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in the Nahr…
It is with much sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Private Tony Rawson, aged 27, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment on Friday 10 August 2007.
RAF firefighters who helped fight off a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand province have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals during a ceremony at the Palace of Westminster.
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