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  • We reiterate the Council’s demand for full, safe and unhindered access for humanitarian actors regardless of gender

    Ahead of a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, the signatories to the Women, Peace and Security Shared Commitments delivered the following statement.

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Afghanistan 'top foreign policy priority'

    Foreign Secretary William Hague set out this week Afghanistan as the top foreign policy priority.

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

  • Afghans take security lead in Lashkar Gah

    Lashkar Gah, where British troops have operated since 2006, is the fourth of seven districts across Afghanistan where responsibility for security…

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

  • 125/2012 - No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing Defends Camp Bastion during Taliban Attack

    Members of No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing working alongside the US Marine Corp (USMC) have spoken about quickly regained control of Camp Bastion Airfield post an insurgent attack on Friday 14 September, killing 14 and capturing 1 of the...

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

  • Nick Clegg hails transformation in Afghanistan

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has hailed the “transformation of the military effort” in Afghanistan.

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

  • British forces support Afghan-led clearance of insurgent stronghold

    Nearly 1,000 British soldiers joined a major operation planned and led by Afghan security forces to clear insurgents from a Taliban heartland.

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

  • We will not abandon the women and girls of Afghanistan: UK Statement at the Security Council

    Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Foreign Secretary pledges to support over 2.7 million Afghans with life-saving aid

    Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has pledged £97 million of emergency 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

  • British Troops Engage with Terrorist Fighters in Mali

    British Forces deployed in Mali have killed two armed terrorist fighters after being engaged by small arms fire while on patrol.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • 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

  • UN Afghanistan pledging summit: chairs statement, 14 April 2022

    The chairs of the UN Afghanistan pledging summit have written a statement on the outcome of the conference, which was co-hosted by the UK, Germany and Qatar.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative 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

  • "A remarkable record of service" from Marines in Afghanistan

    During a visit to see the 40 Commando Royal Marines who have recently returned, Foreign Office Ministers spoke to BBC Somerset about the work that they did in Afghanistan.

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

  • Women’s participation during crises: UK statement to the OSCE

    Emma Logan (UK delegation to the OSCE) says that the series of restrictions imposed by the Taliban are effectively erasing women and girls from Afghan society.

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Intensifying international support for the peace process in Afghanistan

    Statement by Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth, the United Nations and South Asia at the Security Council briefing on UNAMA

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Sergeant Jonathan Mathews of The Highlanders killed in Afghanistan

    It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Sergeant Jonathan William Mathews of The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland who died on 28 July 2008.

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 4 SCOTS deliver blow to insurgency in Nahr-e Saraj

    Soldiers from A Company, The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS), have struck a blow to the insurgency in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.

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