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Brown: Britain 'will not walk away' from Afghan mission

06.11.09
Latest: Britain cannot afford to 'walk away' from the mission in Afghanistan if it is to prevent future terrorist attacks, the PM will warn... more

Grenadiers: proud to be one of the Army's oldest regiments

04.11.09
The Grenadier Guards is one of the oldest and most historic regiments in the British Army. Thirteen of its members have won the Victoria Cross and one the George Cross.... more

Afghan assassin kills five British soldiers in ambush

04.11.09
VIDEO: Five British soldiers killed as they drank tea when a rogue Afghan policeman opened fire inside a military compound... more

'The patrol protects a bridge used by farmers daily'

04.11.09
The operation in Nad e-Ali was described in a blog posted on 26 October by Major Paul Smyth, right, from the UK Forces Media Ops team. The team is located in Helmand at the Task Force HQ and in London at PJHQ and works to support the coalition forces together with the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development. ... more

Senior Labour MP calls for pull-out from Afghanistan

04.11.09
Gordon Brown's Afghanistan strategy faces an unprecedented challenge after a senior Labour MP broke rank to call for the phased withdrawal of British troops... more

500 extra troops for Afghan war as Brown reads dead roll-call

14.10.09
Five hundred more British troops will be sent to southern Afghanistan where dozens have died in recent months, Gordon Brown announced... more

Tributes to soldier killed in Afghanistan

07.10.09
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British airman killed in Afghanistan

02.10.09
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Afghan girl killed in RAF leaflet drop

30.09.09
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Girlfriend’s grief as body of MC soldier is returned home

29.09.09
Girlfriend of the most highly decorated soldier to have died in Afghanistan sobbed as his body was brought home... more

Come back safe from war, daddy

25.09.09
Ella Roberts joins her father, Lance Corporal Steven Roberts of the Ist Battalion The Royal Welsh, as he and his colleagues parade proudly before their deployment in Afghanistan... more

Lib-Dems want exit strategy to end war on Taliban

22.09.09
Liberal Democrats ratchet up the pressure for Britain to end its military campaign in Afghanistan... more

Helicopter crew escapes injury in emergency landing

20.08.09
British helicopter crew escaped injury after their Chinook was forced to make an emergency landing in Afghanistan following an engine fire, the Ministry of Defence said... more

Bodies of four British troops are flown home

13.08.09
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Inquest into Marines' Afghanistan deaths

31.07.09
Inquest will be held into the deaths of two Royal Marines whose patrol vehicle was hit by a Taliban explosive in Afghanistan... more

Britain woos moderate Taliban as Brown signals end of push

27.07.09
Gordon Brown announced the end of the offensive to drive back the Taliban under operation Panther’s Claw... more

Mourners line the streets for fallen officer’s return

06.07.09
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WORLD: US marines storm Helmand

02.07.09
US forces launch their biggest offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama came to power in bid to wipe out opium trade funding the militants... more

Two more soldiers killed in Afghanistan

02.07.09
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Tributes to two dead in Helmand

29.05.09
Tributes were paid to two British servicemen who died within hours of each other after being wounded in separate incidents in Afghanistan... more

Marine dies after Afghanistan blast

28.05.09
Royal Marine dies in hospital from wounds he suffered in a blast in southern Afghanistan... more

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

15.05.09
A British soldier has died in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said... more

Home, the four who died on one day

13.05.09
Four British soldiers killed in one of the bloodiest days in Afghanistan have been brought home with full military honours... more

MoD to name soldier killed in explosion

29.04.09
A British soldier killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan is due to be named by the Ministry of Defence... more

Two British soldiers killed in Afghan blast

16.03.09
Two British soldiers have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said... more

British soldier dies in Afghan ambush

17.02.09
A British soldier died after coming under fire on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said... more

UK soldier dies in Afghanistan

02.01.09
A British soldier has died in a New Year's Day explosion in southern Afghanistan in the second UK fatality in two days, the Ministry of Defence said... more

Bomb kills two marines in Helmand

13.11.08
Two Royal Marines have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan... more

British forces deaths hit 300

13.11.08
The deaths of two Royal Marines in an explosion brought the combined toll of British forces in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq to 300... more

Briton shot dead by Taliban

29.07.08
A British soldier who died from a single gunshot wound has become the 113th UK serviceman to be killed in Afghanistan... more

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