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RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 18-31 December 2011. Here follows an operational update.
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A young medic from West Yorkshire is working with the 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force, an elite unit that operates in some of the most dangerous areas of Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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UK statement by Ambassador Lyall Grant to the Security Council meeting on Ukraine
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Since responsibility for security in the town of Lashkar Gah was taken over by Afghan forces last week, soldiers from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS), alongside Afghan security forces, have been further strengthening security...
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Soldiers from D Company, 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES), supported the Afghan Uniform Police in the village of Khasar in the protected …
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A soldier who went to live in Spain and joined the British Army's Royal Gibraltar Regiment has been awarded a Mention in Despatches.
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For several years, insurgents operating in the area threatened and intimidated locals, forcing many to leave their homes and businesses and …
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Foreign Secretary William Hague has published a progress report in Parliament of the key developments in Afghanistan during December.
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Residents of the area - known to British forces as the ‘Red Wedge’ - are seeing stability return and their lives getting back to normal following…
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The UK is fully committed to supporting Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram and to helping find those abducted.
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Work is underway to build a new road which will form an important transport link for locals in an area of Helmand province where security is provided by British troops.
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They are halfway through their tour in Afghanistan and 45 Commando Royal Marines are looking to ensure that the recent period of relative peace in Nad 'Ali (South) continues. Report by Ian Carr.
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The UK is fully committed to supporting Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram and to helping find those abducted.
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UK and Afghan forces, led by British troops from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), are helping reopen a bazaar of more than 100 shops in the Helmand town of Chah-e Anjir, once too dangerous for local trade due...
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After 80 days in Afghanistan, the Operation HERRICK 14 Warthog Group has travelled a distance equivalent to circumnavigating the world.
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Until early 2009, the area around Zarghun Kalay was under the firm control of insurgents. That was until they were pushed back by British forces…
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Locals in the northern Nad 'Ali area of Helmand province are being taught life-saving skills to spot Taliban bombs, thanks to an education programme organised by British paratroopers and their Afghan National Army (ANA) colleagues.
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ISAF has today announced that British forces in Afghanistan have handed responsibility for security in the town of Kajaki in northern Helmand province to US forces.
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Over a tonne of illegal fertiliser, used by bomb-makers, has been seized by the Afghan army in Helmand.
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Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, has welcomed the rapid progress in training the Afghan National Security Forces, and the role of the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan, but insisted that NATO allies still need to up their...
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