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  • The sappers worked tirelessly over four days to deliver a newer, safer and better road for the Afghan people, members of the 6th Kandak of the…

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

  • His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh presented personnel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) with their Afghanistan campaign medals yesterday.

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

  • Afghan police have taken control of a newly-built checkpoint in Babaji, Helmand province.

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  • UK soldiers from the Brigade Advisory Group moved into position last week to support the start of the first major Afghan National Army (ANA) offensive of the spring.

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  • Reservist Lance Corporal Andy MacMahon, aged 41, who lives in Inverness, is a gunner in 2622 (Highland) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force, …

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  • Afghan National Army and UK soldiers have seized a substantial amount of explosives and other bomb-making equipment in Afghanistan.

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  • Grenadier Guards deployed to Afghanistan passed on their personal birthday congratulations to their Colonel-in-Chief, Her Majesty The Queen, this weekend.

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  • Trooper Tom Thorne, aged 20, from the Queen’s Royal Hussars, was shot in the side by an enemy fighter while on operations in Helmand province…

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  • Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) received a rapturous reception as they took part in a homecoming parade in Inverness on Wednesday.

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  • RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft from 617 'The Dambusters' Squadron have helped to defend US and Afghan forces from an insurgent attack as part of a marathon mission lasting over seven hours.

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  • He made the announcement at a meeting of NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers in Brussels. The funding will be kept under review and will come…

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  • Combat medics from 1 Medical Regiment have been presented with their Operational Service Medals after returning from a demanding tour in Afghanistan.

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  • It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) died today, 18 April 2012, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, from wounds su…

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  • Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced £70 million a year funding for the Afghan National Security Forces after British combat operations end in Afghanistan in 2014.

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  • Members of 132 Battery, 39 Regiment Royal Artillery, recently received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals at their Albemarle Barracks home in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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  • Royal Anglian soldiers have completed RSOI (reception, staging, onward movement and integration) training after arriving in Afghanistan.

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  • Foreign Secretary William Hague has strongly condemned coordinated attacks in Kabul and other Afghan provinces.

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  • A Private who worked to bridge the gap between ISAF troops and Afghan women in Helmand has received her Afghanistan campaign medal.

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  • Two Royal Marines who were injured in Afghanistan have paddled 125 miles (200km) in 28 hours for charity.

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

  • Royal Engineers who will help develop road networks and canal and irrigation systems in Afghanistan have finished their final training exercise.

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