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  • Soldiers offer ground expertise to aerial assets in Afghanistan

    When ground troops find themselves in trouble on the front line they have the reassurance of knowing that help is invariably close at hand.

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

  • Royal Marines help train Afghan police

    Royal Marines have helped the latest batch of Afghan police officers complete their training in Helmand.

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

  • Apache crews receive Afghanistan and Libya campaign medals

    Soldiers who fly and maintain the Apache attack helicopter have celebrated their achievements on operations in both Libya and Afghanistan.

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

  • Tongan Defence Chief visits Camp Bastion

    The Commander of the Tonga Defence Services, Brigadier General Tau'aika 'Uta'atu, has visited the RAF Force Protection Wing at Camp Bastion.

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

  • Government publishes Afghanistan progress report

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated parliament on progress in Afghanistan during October 2012

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

  • 1 LANCS are first of 500 homecoming troops

    The first tranche of British troops to be sent home from Afghanistan, as announced by the Prime Minister last year, have returned to the UK.

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

  • Afghans lead operation with 1 SCOTS to clear insurgents

    Troops from 1 SCOTS have supported the Afghan Army as they planned and led a large operation to clear an area of Afghanistan of insurgents.

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

  • Foreign Secretary holds trilateral talks with Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and the Foreign Ministers held the third meeting in a series of trilateral discussions this year.

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

  • Navy head visits Royal Marines in Afghanistan

    The First Sea Lord has visited Royal Marines of 40 Commando at their central Helmand base in Afghanistan.

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

  • Afghanistan: New UK support for award winning tax project

    International Development Secretary Justine Greening and the Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal announced a new phase of UK support

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

  • Fifty-one new Foxhound vehicles for the front line

    The MOD is investing £46 million in acquiring 51 new Foxhound patrol vehicles for soldiers serving on the front line in Afghanistan.

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

  • Operational deployments offer MOD civilians a fresh perspective

    Alan Lawson is a seasoned volunteer with MOD's civilian 'Support to Operations' programme. Here he talks to Shell Daruwala about his latest deployment as a Civil Secretary in Afghanistan.

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

  • IN PICTURES: British sappers lay 'Golden Egg' in Afghanistan

    Royal Engineers from 21 Engineer Regiment have replaced an important bridge to assist the local population of Nahr-e Saraj, in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

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

  • Light Dragoons soldiers welcomed home from Afghanistan

    Overjoyed family and friends welcomed home 45 members of the Light Dragoons to Robertson Barracks in Norfolk last night as they returned from operations in Afghanistan.

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

  • 141/2012 - The Firmin Sword of Peace awarded to 15 (Uk) Psychological Operations Group

    15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group (15 POG) have been awarded the Firmin Sword of Peace in recognition of their work in Afghanistan. The award is given to the unit or establishment of each Service judged to have made the…

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

  • Secretary of State deeply saddened at death of Northern Ireland soldier in Afghanistan

    Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP's response to news of the death of Corporal Channing Day in Afghanistan.

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

  • Work on Afghan officers' academy underway as HERRICK 17 begins

    A ceremony has taken place in Kabul marking the start of construction of an Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA) while, in Lashkar Gah, 4th Mechanized Brigade has officially taken command of Task Force Helmand.

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

  • 26 Engineer Regiment receive Afghanistan operational medals

    Soldiers from 26 Engineer Regiment, who returned home from Afghanistan at the end of September, received their Operational Service Medals on Friday 5 October 2012.

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

  • Edward Davey launches ‘A world you like. With a Climate you like’ campaign

      Welcoming the launch of the  ‘A world you like. With a climate you like’, the European campaign to promote climate action, Secretary of State…

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

  • Armoured engineer squadron returns from Afghanistan

    Soldiers from 8 Armoured Engineer Squadron, part of 26 Engineer Regiment, have returned to Perham Down after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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