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  • Army chaplain brings comfort to the front line

    Reverend Abeledo, aged 51, is spending six months working as Task Force Helmand senior chaplain, where all his skills as a minister will be …

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

  • Foreign Secretary statement on Afghanistan

    The Foreign Secretary's statement on the outcome of the Kabul Conference and on progress in Afghanistan.

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

  • UK and Italian Defence Ministers meet

    The UK's Defence and Foreign Secretaries today met with their Italian counterparts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to discuss the ongoing working relationship of the two nations as part of the International Secur…

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

  • ISAF supports Afghan Army medic's work in villages

    A former Mujahidin fighter, now a senior non-commissioned officer in the Afghan National Army (ANA), is bringing medical care to remote villages in central Helmand with the help of ISAF forces.

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

  • Lynx helicopters help bring fight to Taliban

    After nearly two months of being operational in Afghanistan, the world's fastest helicopter, the Lynx Mark 9A, has proved to be a vital boost to the UK's battlefield capability.

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

  • International community supports phased Afghan control over security

    At the Kabul conference yesterday the international community expressed its support for President Karzai's objective that the Afghan National Security Forces should lead and conduct all military operations in all provin…

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

  • Foreign Secretary in Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell have arrived in Afghanistan to attend the Kabul International Conference being held on Tuesday 20 July.

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

  • Foreign Secretary at Kabul Conference

    Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks at the Kabul International Conference in Afghanistan.

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

  • Foreign Secretary answers questions about Afghanistan via twitter

    The Foreign Secretary answers questions about the Kabul International Conference and the region during his visit to Afghanistan.

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

  • Kabul International Conference outcomes

    The International Conference on Afghanistan was held in Kabul on Tuesday 20 July. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell attended.

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

  • Future of Afghanistan: Foreign Secretary's Radio 4 interview

    In wake of the Kabul Conference, Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke to radio 4 outlining some of the Government's policy on Afghanistan.

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

  • 1,000th recruit passes out of British-run Helmand Police Training Centre

    The 1,000th Afghan Policeman passed out of the British-run Helmand Police Training Centre (HPTC) last week.

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

  • New ISAF-built road cuts insurgent routes

    British, Danish and Afghan forces have built a new road and new patrol base to cut off known insurgent routes and bring increased protection for civilians and troops alike around Gereshk.

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

  • Foreign Secretary visits Herat

    The Foreign Secretary visited Herat in the west of Afghanistan today and witnessed first hand that progress made nationally is being felt at the local level.

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

  • British trained Afghan soldiers lead operation into Taliban stronghold

    The operation, known as Op OMID DO (HOPE 2), was the culmination of weeks of planning by Colonel Sheren Shah, the Commander of the 3rd Kandak…

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

  • HMS Somerset heads for Iraq

    The Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate left Devonport earlier this year. In the first week of her current tasking, the frigate visited 76 vessels…

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

  • RAF officer teaches Afghan children rugby

    Group Captain Jonathan Derbyshire, with the assistance of Flight Lieutenant Richie Woods, a qualified referee, has introduced tag rugby to the…

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

  • IN PICTURES: Navy pilots train for Helmand in Californian desert

    Royal Navy Sea King helicopter pilots and their crews from the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) have been training for their deployment to Afghanistan in the Californian desert.

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

  • 16 Air Assault Brigade prepare for Afghanistan

    16 Air Assault Brigade, the first UK troops to enter Helmand province in 2002 and support the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF's) efforts to create stability in Afghanistan, are preparing to travel b…

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

  • Injured TA soldier benefits from return to work initiative

    A Territorial Army (TA) soldier who was seriously injured in Afghanistan, leaving him unable to return to his former employment, took on a new challenge working amongst the national arms and armoury collection.

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