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Gurkha soldiers returned to the UK today as British forces continue to reduce troop numbers in Afghanistan and hand over to local security forces.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Marines from 40 Commando have successfully trained 27 reconnaissance troops for the Afghan National Army's 3/215 Brigade.
Groundbreaking TV adverts for the Territorial Army (TA) will be aired live on ITV1 today, broadcast directly from military operations in Afghanistan.
More than 100 Royal Marines from 40 Commando are returning home early from Afghanistan after handing over to Afghan forces.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has welcomed President Obama's announcement that US troop numbers will be reduced by 34,000 by this time next year, ahead of the departure of all NATO combat troops by the end of 2014.
The units due to deploy to Afghanistan as part of Operation Herrick 18 have been announced by the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond.
The Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, has visited UK troops in Helmand as part of a two-day trip to Afghanistan.
The vital job of making deliveries of kit and personnel to the front line in Afghanistan comes with no shortage of challenges.
British troops in Afghanistan are the first to use state-of-the-art handheld nano surveillance helicopters.
RAF firefighters who helped fight off a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand province have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals during a ceremony at the Palace of Westminster.
British-trained Afghan forces have demonstrated their expanding capability by successfully leading a large and complex operation to build a bridge over the Nahr-e Saraj canal in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
The Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on progress in Afghanistan during November and December 2012.
Captain Wales leaves Afghanistan after a successful tour as an Apache pilot.
A new £14 million contract will deliver hundreds of precision attack weapons to the RAF.
Two UK Defence ministers have travelled to Afghanistan and the Middle East to visit British Service personnel on operations.
Service personnel are urging members of the public to avoid sending unsolicited Christmas gifts and packages to operational theatres.
British forces in southern Afghanistan mark Christmas at military bases across Helmand Province
The UK Prime Minister praised armed forces success during visit to Camp Bastion.
UK force levels in Afghanistan are to reduce to around 5,200 by the end of 2013, the Prime Minister announced today.
Soldiers from the Scots Guards have returned home from Afghanistan after handing security in their area of Helmand over to Afghan forces.
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