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  • MOD scientist advises troops in Afghanistan

    Providing UK troops on the front line in Afghanistan with advice on anything from what fertiliser may be used to make Taliban bombs to how the latest bomb-proof pants are working out is MOD scientist Matt Simpson

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

  • UK and Afghanistan join forces

    Political Counsellor and Defence Attache visit Afghan National Army’s Command and Staff College

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

  • Army Education Officers teach Gurkhas in Helmand

    Education is often referred to as ‘the three Rs’; reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic (yes I know). But you can add at least one more R to that,…

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

  • 20th Armoured Brigade to replace 3 Commando Brigade in Helmand

    The UK’s conventional force level will remain at 9,500 for the duration of the deployment. The forces deploying include: • 20th Armoured Brigade…

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

  • Operational Allowance extended to Libya operations

    Service personnel operating within the landmass, airspace and territorial waters of Libya are now eligible to receive the Operational Allowance (OA), Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox announced today.

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

  • 4 SCOTS deliver blow to insurgency in Nahr-e Saraj

    Soldiers from A Company, The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS), have struck a blow to the insurgency in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.

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

  • British and US forces train Afghan forces in IED detection

    The Explosive Hazard Reduction (EHR) course at Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest (JSAS), based at Camp Leatherneck, the US Marines camp adjacent…

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

  • Royal Marines hand control of checkpoints to Afghan Police

    Over the last three months, a number of checkpoints in the Nad ‘Ali district, which were under the control of ISAF forces, have been handed …

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

  • 45 Commando build on the peace in Afghanistan

    They are halfway through their tour in Afghanistan and 45 Commando Royal Marines are looking to ensure that the recent period of relative peace in Nad 'Ali (South) continues. Report by Ian Carr.

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

  • Royal Marines and ANA adapt to reassure Afghan community

    Royal Marines from 42 Commando, working with their Afghan National Army (ANA) colleagues, have turned what was expected to be an offensive operation into a bridge-building exercise with the local community, as insurgents fle…

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

  • Prime Minister visits Afghanistan

    UK will have a long-term relationship with Afghanistan after combat troops leave in 2015.

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

  • Tankies awarded Afghanistan medals

    Soldiers from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) who served in Helmand province in Afghanistan for six months over the winter received their Operation HERRICK medals at a parade on Saturday, 2 July 2011.

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

  • Dambusters back in action over Afghanistan

    During the 68th anniversary year of 617 Squadron's famous 'Dambusters' raid in the Ruhr Valley the squadron is once again on active operations, this time supporting ISAF troops out of Kandahar Airfield.

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

  • UK to lead new Afghan Officer Academy

    The UK's Armed Forces will lead a new Afghan National Army (ANA) Officer Training Academy, to be based just outside Kabul, Prime Minister David Cameron announced yesterday, 6 July 2011

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

  • Debating Afghanistan and Pakistan in Parliament

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt will take part in a debate on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the House of Commons this afternoon.

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

  • PM announces UK troop withdrawals from Afghanistan

    The UK will be able to reduce its force levels in Afghanistan from 9,500 to 9,000 by the end of 2012, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today, Wednesday 6 July 2011.

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

  • Dr Fox welcomes his Brazilian counterpart to London

    The Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, welcomed the Brazilian Defence Minister, Dr Nelson Jobim, to London yesterday with a ceremonial guard from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.

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

  • Afghanistan security handover entering new phase

    Prime Minister David Cameron has said a further 500 British troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan next year.

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

  • Statement on Afghanistan

    A statement on Afghanistan by the Prime Minister David Cameron to the House of Commons on 6 July 2011.

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

  • Prime Minister visits troops in Helmand

    The UK's Prime Minister David Cameron has travelled to Afghanistan this week where he met British troops at Camp Bastion in Helmand province and held a meeting with Governor Mangal.

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