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  • Locals aid Afghan and British troops in seizure of insurgent arms caches

    Troops from C Company, 2nd Battalion The Rifles (2 RIFLES), were on a routine patrol with Afghan National Army (ANA) warriors when they were…

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

  • Prime Minister and Afghan President sign UK-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership

    Prime Minister David Cameron and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at Chequers, where they signed an Enduring Strategic Partnership between the UK and Afghanistan.

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

  • Taliban leader's control weakens as infighting infects group's top ranks

    Taliban leader Mullah Omar's grip on the insurgency is loosening as coalition battlefield successes in southern Afghanistan help sow discord among the Taliban top ranks and weaken the organisation, a top US commander has…

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

  • A spell in the cockpit

    Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose demonstrates how 824 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) trains aircrew and engineers for the Merlin helicopter fleet.

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

  • NATO claims 'successful year' in Afghanistan

    A spokesman for NATO-led forces said that 2011 had been a 'remarkably successful year' in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan and in the development of the Afghan security forces.

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

  • UK troops trade places with US Marine Maintenance Company counterparts

    Two soldiers with the British Army's Theatre Equipment Support Battalion have been sharing wrenches with some of the finest maintainers from the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand provinc…

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

  • Royal Auxiliary Air Force medic saves lives

    A Royal Auxiliary Air Force airman who set up life-saving medical centres for Afghan children caught up in the conflict has been described as an inspiration and his contribution to the local communities across Helmand as imm…

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

  • Forces broadcaster set for second tour in Afghanistan

    Forces broadcaster Rachel Cochrane is making ready for her second tour in Afghanistan.

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

  • Princess unveils 'Heroes Wall' honouring three fallen soldiers from same school

    Three soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan will always be remembered by their former school thanks to a Heroes Wall unveiled by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal last week.

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

  • A soldier's life in Helmand's Green Zone

    In his latest blog, Private Graham 'T' Thurston, a British soldier from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1 PWRR), currently deployed to Afghanistan, gives an account of life in a checkpoint o…

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

  • Junior Soldiers complete Phase 1 training

    Over 300 Junior Soldiers, aged seventeen and eighteen, marched onto the parade square at the Army Foundation College Harrogate in front of thousands of friends and family members recently after completing their Phase 1 train…

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

  • Field Training Unit prepares Gurkhas for Helmand

    Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) were among the latest to benefit from the experience of the Field Training Unit at Salisbury Plain in preparing troops for operations. Report by Joe Clapson.

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

  • NATO's senior civilian in Afghanistan discusses challenges ahead

    NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Sir Simon Gass, gave a lecture at the Royal United Services Institute yesterday on the challenges ahead as Afghanistan prepares to take on responsibility f…

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

  • Medics prepare for Helmand

    The exercise at Towthorpe Lines, Strensall, was designed to pull together over a year’s worth of build-up planning for a three-month operational…

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

  • Afghanistan operational air update 7 January 2012

    RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 1 to 7 January 2012. Here follows an operational update.

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

  • IN PICTURES: Falklands veteran meets Argentine pilot he shot down 30 years ago

    A Royal Navy veteran from the Falklands War has completed an extraordinary journey to meet the Argentine pilot he thought he had shot down and killed during the 1982 conflict.

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

  • Afghan children enjoy Open Day at Kandahar Airfield

    Hundreds of Afghan schoolchildren met RAF personnel at an Open Day held by the Afghan Air Force at Kandahar Airfield.

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

  • Military advisers fine tune front line kit

    Ensuring that cutting-edge equipment is at the disposal of soldiers is essential to the British Army’s success. It is for this reason that …

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

  • Sea King returns to duties after 18-month reconstruction

    After 18 months of reconstruction Sea King helicopter ZA298, from the Commando Helicopter Force, that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in Afghanistan, has returned to front line duties with 846 Naval Air Squadron.

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

  • YORKS soldiers on patrol in Helmand

    Nearly 500 members of 1 YORKS arrived in Helmand at the beginning of October 2011 for a six-month deployment in support of 20th Armoured Brigade…

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