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Soldiers from D Company, 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES), and their partners from the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have been taking…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Taliban leader Mullah Omar's grip on the insurgency is loosening as coalition battlefield successes in southern Afghanistan help sow discord among the Taliban top ranks and weaken the organisation, a top US commander has said.
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the Security Council briefing on Afghanistan
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
2 SCOTS and Afghan troops have cleared and secured a town with no resistance, a sign seen by many to show the increasingly-weakened state of the Taliban insurgency in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
The operation, known as Op OMID DO (HOPE 2), was the culmination of weeks of planning by Colonel Sheren Shah, the Commander of the 3rd Kandak…
Over a tonne of illegal fertiliser, used by bomb-makers, has been seized by the Afghan army in Helmand.
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.
Australia issued a joint statement with a number of foreign ministers worldwide on the Taliban's increasing restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan.
British soldiers working alongside Afghan Police to clear insurgents from a contested area in Helmand's Lashkar Gah district have survived a well-organised attack to turn the tables on their assailants.
The foreign ministers gave a joint statement condemning the Taliban’s recent decision to ban women from universities in Afghanistan.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the Security Council briefing on Afghanistan.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.
Ambassador Barbara Woodward speaks at the UN Security Council briefing on Afghanistan
Already in 2011 British-trained Afghan Police in Helmand province have conducted numerous operations which have seen dozens of insurgents killed or arrested, the destruction of Taliban weapons, and a raid on an IED factory.
A recent joint operation by British and Afghan forces has helped clear two villages of insurgent activity in the Nad 'Ali region of Helmand province, extending the area of freedom and security for local people.
Ambassador Barbara Woodward gave a statement at the United Nations Security Council briefing on 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.
The raid occurred when 2 Troop of the Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) was recently tasked to gather intelligence, and, if required, conduct…
British soldiers in Helmand have completed a three-day operation to disrupt insurgent activity in a Taliban stronghold in the Upper Gereshk Valley.
A ferocious two-day-long battle between the Taliban and British troops with their Afghan police partners has taken place following a dawn airborne raid to destroy insurgent improvised explosive devices.
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