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The Minister for International Development Alistair Burt launches a major Stabilisation Unit report at Chatham House.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Minister Rahin, the Minister for Culture, signed an historic document that will further cultural understanding and exchange between Afghanistan and the UK. British Ambassador Sir William Patey witnessed the historic agreement.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on the progress made in Afghanistan during May.
UK service personnel have left southern Afghanistan after completing the most challenging military redeployment operation for a generation.
Members of 4th Mechanized Brigade (4 Mech Bde) are finalising their training ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan this autumn as the UK's Task Force Helmand on Op HERRICK 17.
Recently, the ‘Tankies’, as the 2 RTR soldiers are known, were ‘crashed out’ to assist with an explosion in the market area of Lashkar Gah -…
Joint patrols between members of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) and Afghan National Army (ANA) troops have seen the pernicious influence of insurgents in the village of Piand Kalay diminish and a new level of normality return...
Minister for Afghanistan Alistair Burt and Minister Jeremy Browne visited 40 Commando Royal Marines in Taunton on 4 November.
Deputy Ambassador to Kabul Nic Hailey will answer your questions on Afghanistan live via twitter on 23 May at 14:30 (AFT) 11.00 (BST).
Afghan Police General presented medals to UK police officers in recognition of their excellent work in Kabul.
Foreign Secretary William Hague met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 23 May, ahead of the US President's State Visit.
They discussed the importance of the London Conference on Afghanistan for Pakistan and the wider region.
Speech by Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
There has been a mixed picture in the human rights sphere in the last three months
Captain Simon Oxley was employed as the Operations Officer as part of 517 Specialist Team Royal Engineers, 170 (Infrastructure Support) Group…
The MOD intends to restart the transfer of detainees captured by UK forces into the Afghan judicial system.
Speech by General Sir David Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff.
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards have further stamped their authority on an insurgent-occupied area of Helmand's Nahr-e Saraj district, after defying enemy fighters to launch a confident reconnaissance mission.
Royal Engineers who will help develop road networks and canal and irrigation systems in Afghanistan have finished their final training exercise.
Last week, The Sun newspaper honoured courageous servicemen and women at its fifth annual Military Awards ceremony.
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