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A total of 130 members of the Armed Forces have received honours and awards in the Operational Honours List dated today, 24 September 2010.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A new school which will educate hundreds of Afghan youngsters has been opened in Spina Kota, a village in the Bolan desert five kilometres from Lashkar Gah.
The ISAF mission in Afghanistan is, by its very nature, a multinational, multi-Service one. However, there are few units that embody this international partnership better than the Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan) [JHF(A)…
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has travelled to Washington for talks with US Vice President Joe Biden.
The Gunners, from 51 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment with additional personnel from 2622 (Highland) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment…
British and American Marines have built on a relationship that goes back many decades to ensure that the handover of control of Sangin goes smoothly and the new American forces can fully capitalise on the gains achieved by B…
Plans to provide troops in Afghanistan with a new generation of Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV) have passed an important milestone with Force Protection Europe announced as the preferred bidder by the Ministry of Defen…
Prime Minister David Cameron has paid tribute to the "huge achievements" made by British troops in Sangin Province in Afghanistan.
HMA William Patey interviewed on Radio 4
Richard O’Hara’s observations from Kabul
British Lynx crews from the Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan), in partnership with their US colleagues and Afghan pilots from the Afghan Air Force (AAF), have been transporting ballot boxes, material and personnel to the …
ISAF has today announced that British forces in southern Afghanistan have handed responsibility for security in Sangin to US forces
An extra Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft has arrived in Afghanistan, increasing support to troops.
Prime Minister David Cameron has paid tribute to the "huge achievements" made by British troops in Sangin Province in Afghanistan
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from The Queen's Royal Lancers and a soldier from the Royal Engineers, serving as part of Combined Force Lashkar Gah, were killed in Afghanist…
Foreign Secretary William Hague makes a statement following a day of Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan.
Prince William has today graduated from his Search and Rescue training course at Royal Air Force Valley in Anglesey, Wales.
In a further sign of progress, when the Afghan parliamentary elections get underway tomorrow it will be the Afghan National Police (ANP) who have the primary responsibility for security around the polling stations country-wi…
Major General Nick Carter, the Commander of Regional Command (South) in Afghanistan, has given an update on the progress of operations in Kandahar - the strategically important Afghan province adjacent to Helmand where the m…
The MOD expresses its gratitude for the support and generosity many members of the public show in this period but is reminding them that the…
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