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  • Salisbury Plain helps troops prepare for Afghanistan

    Soldiers have been getting a taste of life in Afghanistan during an exercise on Salisbury Plain to prepare them for operations.

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

  • Corporal Kevin Mulligan, Lance Corporal Dale Thomas Hopkins and Private Kyle Adams killed in Afghanistan

    It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Kevin Mulligan, Lance Corporal Dale Thomas Hopkins and Private Kyle Adams were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday 6 August 2009.

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  • Change in Helmand province

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

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

  • Soldiers talk of life on Helmand's front line

    Three soldiers, Guardsman Terry Brazier, Private Dan Faulkner and Private Luke Whylie, describe the challenges of fighting in Helmand's battlefields.

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

  • UK, UAE and Pakistan Ministers visit hospital where Malala Yousafzai is receiving treatment

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has reiterated his support for Malala and all those defending the rights of women in Pakistan and around the world.

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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

  • Defence Secretary welcomes increased support for Afghanistan

    Michael Fallon has authorised an uplift to the UK’s enduring commitment to Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Six soldiers believed killed in Helmand

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that six soldiers are missing, believed killed, after their armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion in southern Afghanistan yesterday, Tuesday 6 March 2012.

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

  • 45 Commando build on the peace in Afghanistan

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

  • RAF trains Tongan troops for Afghanistan

    The first contingent of troops from the Tonga Defence Services who will soon join the RAF Regiment in Afghanistan are reaching the end of intensive pre-deployment training at RAF Honington in Suffolk.

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

  • Prime Minister and US President hold press conference on State Visit

    Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama held a press conference following their meeting on 25 May.

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

  • Quick thinking in the face of the enemy

    A Military Cross winner from last summer's operational tour in Helmand province talks about his experiences.

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

  • Marine Richard J Watson killed in Afghanistan

    It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of Marine Richard J Watson of 42 Commando Royal Marines, on Tuesday 12 December 2006, in Now Zad, in the North of Helmand, Afghanistan.

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  • Success boosts Brit-trained Afghan soldiers

    British troops operating in one of the most contested areas of Helmand province are celebrating the success of the first major mission to be carried out, independently, by the Afghan soldiers they train.

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

  • Soldiers offer ground expertise to aerial assets in Afghanistan

    When ground troops find themselves in trouble on the front line they have the reassurance of knowing that help is invariably close at hand.

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

  • In defence of a rules based order: transatlantic security co-operation in a dangerous world

    Speech by Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence.

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

  • Pakistan visit: press briefing by the Prime Minister

    The Prime Minister gave a press briefing in Islamabad, Pakistan on 30 June 2013.

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

  • Foreign Secretary supports UN efforts against terrorism, condemns ransom payments to terrorists

    Foreign Secretary William Hague gave a speech to the Security Council Briefing on Terrorism

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 1 July 2010

    Briefing by the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: law/regulation repeal, Afghanistan, Defence Secretary's speech, Foreign Secretary's Speech, MP's expenses and misc.

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

  • Tankies return home from Afghanistan

    The final squadron from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) returned to its base in Tidworth, Wiltshire, this week after a successful six-month tour of Afghanistan.

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