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First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A report outlining the progress made in Helmand Province during 2010
Find out about UK forces in Afghanistan
Improvised Explosive Device events involving UK personnel on Op Herrick in Helmand Province, Afghanistan: 1 April 2009 to 30 November 2014.
Heads of Helmand PRT.
Military operations briefing maps where UK armed forces are deployed on operations.
This one-off report has been provided in response to a number of requests for information from the media and general public about Improvised Explosive Device (IED) events involving UK armed forces on operations in Afghanistan. This release provides summary statistics...
This programme generated quarterly data from a sample of Helmandis between October 2010 to September 2014
Arthur Snell was born in the south-east of England and educated at Oxford University, where he studied History. After graduating with First Class Honours he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth office. After an initial spell on the Iraq desk in...
Tom Tugendhat was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Security) on 6 September 2022 and attends cabinet. He previously served as the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2017 to 2022. He was elected the MP for Tonbridge...
This study on livelihood trajectories in Kandahar is part of a panel survey tracking the fortunes of rural Afghan households
Lieutenant General Rob Magowan joined the Royal Marines in 1989, prior to which he studied chemistry at Southampton University. After successfully completing his training he assumed several Troop Command roles, including a tour of Northern Ireland. He went on to...
Returning from her second tour, Lindy Cameron, who recently served as Head of Mission for the British-led Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team highlighted governance and economic improvements at a NATO media roundtable on 12 October.
UK forces were deployed to Afghanistan in support of the UN-authorised, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and as part of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Between 2003 and the end of 2014 UK operations in Afghanistan...
Air Vice-Marshal Mick Smeath joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1987 as an aircraft propulsion engineer prior to being commissioned into the RAF Regiment in 1990. During his early years he served in Germany and Northern Ireland on infantry...
The General in charge of ISAF forces in Helmand has spoken about the province's progression from a Taliban-controlled area to a civil, functioning society one year after Operation MOSHTARAK was launched.
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