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Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke at the Heart of Asia conference in Afghanistan on 14 June.

• Updated: 14 June 2012

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

On his first deployment to Afghanistan, Lieutenant Antony Raine is playing a key role in enabling the Afghan security forces to provide long term security and stability in their country themselves.

• Updated: 25 August 2010

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

A joint communiqué between the United Kingdom and The State of Qatar.

• Updated: 24 May 2022

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), received a jubilant reception as they marched through Canterbury last week, having recently returned from Afghanistan.

• Updated: 16 May 2011

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

As the 1st Battalion Scots Guards work to keep traffic flowing on the strategically important Route 601 in Helmand, Lance Corporal Matthew Ellis of 150 Provost Company, Royal Military Police (RMP), is providing policing expertise.

• Updated: 23 August 2010

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

Senior British military officers described the progress made in southern Afghanistan this summer at a media briefing in London yesterday.

• Updated: 22 October 2013

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

The RAF Puma detachment serving in Afghanistan in support of the NATO Resolute Support Mission since March 2015 has now returned to RAF Benson.

• Updated: 25 June 2021

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The head of the NATO Training Mission (NTM) in Kabul spoke yesterday about the achievements made so far in building up effective Afghan National Security Forces and what improvements needed to be made next. Report by Ian Carr.

• Updated: 15 February 2011

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

Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on progress in Afghanistan during July and August 2011.

• Updated: 7 September 2011

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

A Royal Auxiliary Air Force airman who set up life-saving medical centres for Afghan children caught up in the conflict has been described as an inspiration and his contribution to the local communities across Helmand as immeasurable.

• Updated: 24 January 2012

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

Dr Liam Fox said: “When the Prime Minister asked me to take on the job of Defence Secretary, the first question I asked myself was should…

• Updated: 22 June 2010

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

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of Marine Jonathan Wigley of Zulu Company 45 Commando Royal Marines, as a result of injuries sustained on Tuesday 5 December 2006, in southern Helmand, Afghanistan.

• Updated: 6 December 2006

From medical evacuation and troop movements to resupply and ground attack, the men and women of the Joint Helicopter Force do it all.

• Updated: 19 August 2010

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

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced agreement on a long-term partnership plan which will see Britain offer economic, political and military support for Afghanistan once combat troops have gone home.

• Updated: 7 December 2010

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

The road, littered with improvised explosive devices and surrounded by insurgent positions, had previously been impassable for the local population…

• Updated: 6 May 2010

First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government

Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has welcomed renewed international commitments to strengthen efforts to tackle the Afghan drugs trade.

• Updated: 17 February 2012

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

Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on the Helmand provincial reconstruction team and the process of transition.

• Updated: 9 September 2013

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

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that a blueprint for the international community's long-term engagement with Afghanistan beyond 2014 was established at yesterday's International Afghanistan Conference held in Bonn, Germany.

• Updated: 6 December 2011

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

Building and packing up the largest operational UK military base to be built since the Second World War.

• Updated: 27 October 2014

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

Statement by Foreign Ministers of NATO, Resolute Support Nations and Afghanistan, following their meeting on 1 December.

• Updated: 1 December 2015

First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government