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The raid occurred when 2 Troop of the Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) was recently tasked to gather intelligence, and, if required, conduct…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
2 SCOTS and Afghan troops have cleared and secured a town with no resistance, a sign seen by many to show the increasingly-weakened state of the Taliban insurgency in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
On behalf of the UK government Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon condemned the Taliban's recent decision to ban women from going to university across Afghanistan.
The first operation was carried out without any support from the International Security Assistance Force. It involved the search of a compound…
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Member States Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan
UK’s Ambassador to UN comments on Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Sanctions
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan
A RAF Tornado GR4 crew on a surveillance mission was diverted to launch an air assault on Taliban fighters who had ambushed UK troops on patrol in Helmand.
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council briefing on Afghanistan
Minister Tobias Ellwood calls for an end to violent attacks on Afghan civilians.
G7 foreign ministers gave a joint statement on the increasing restrictions imposed on women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
The foreign ministers of 27 countries and the EU High Representative urged the Taliban to reverse restrictions on women and girls’ human rights and freedoms.
Soldiers from D Company, 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES), and their partners from the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have been taking…
Soldiers from the Queen’s Dragoon Guards, known as the Welsh Cavalry, joined forces with their Afghan counterparts to mount the operation to…
Major General Gordon Messenger, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Communications Officer, and Colonel Peter Smith, Assistant Director…
Corporal Jamie Williams from The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), is based in Patrol Base Attal on Route 601 near Lashkar Gah. Here he writes about how the Taliban is losing the...
Statement delivered by Ambassador James Kariuki at the Security Council briefing on Afghanistan
Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) recently discovered a large Taliban weapons cache during a patrol in the Nawabad desert area of Helmand province.
The operation was undertaken by Combined Force Nad ‘Ali whose units include 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, the Royal Dragoon…
Joint statement condemning the Taliban’s decision not to re-open secondary schools to Afghan girls.
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