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British Ambassador to Afghanistan William Patey has offered condolences following news that six British soldiers are missing, believed killed in Helmand Province.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on the progress made in Afghanistan during January.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has welcomed renewed international commitments to strengthen efforts to tackle the Afghan drugs trade.
The brains behind some of the British Army's most complex counter-intelligence work have taken up a new role that will see them inform the final stages of Operation HERRICK. Report by Sarah Goldthorpe.
Foreign Secretary William Hague updated Parliament on the quarterly review of progress in Afghanistan.
Foreign Secretary William Hague made a statement on the Enduring Strategic Partnership between the UK and Afghanistan.
British soldiers have been helping to spread the influence of the Afghan Government in Helmand province by bringing its representatives together with local Afghan elders.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has published a progress report in Parliament of the key developments in Afghanistan during December 2011.
Territorial Army (TA) soldiers returned home at the weekend from a demanding tour in Afghanistan running the busiest trauma hospital in the world.
Prime Minister David Cameron and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at Chequers, where they signed an Enduring Strategic Partnership between the UK and Afghanistan.
The Afghan National Army's (ANA's) newly-formed Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Team recently demonstrated their proficiency in front of the ANA's 3/215 Brigade Commander, General Sherin Shah, and Tas…
Prime Minister David Cameron has visited UK troops deployed to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan to wish them a Merry Christmas.
Sir Richard Stagg KCMG has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on progress in Afghanistan during November 2011.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said he is shocked by the attacks on 5 & 6 December in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Foreign Secretary William Hague writes about how a stable Afghanistan means fewer threats to us all, and why the conference in Bonn offers a critical moment for the international community.
The Bonn Conference on Afghanistan established a blueprint for the international community's long term engagement with Afghanistan beyond 2014.
Statement from the British Ambassador to Afghanistan on the latest phase of the transition process.
The kindness and generosity of individuals and groups who send gift packages out to operational theatres are greatly appreciated. However, the…
Minister Alistair Burt welcomed women from Afghanistan and representatives from leading UK charities to the Foreign Office on Monday 28 November to discuss women’s rights in Afghanistan and the forthcoming international conf…
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