Ceremony in Helmand's capital Lashkar Gah to pass full security control to the Afghan authorities marks a huge milestone - for the Afghans and the British... more
The Taliban are thwarted from detonating a massive bomb — a third of a ton of home-made explosive — outside the main British base in the
Helmand capital... more
Plans to lay nine miles of tarmac road through what was Taliban territory until a few months ago is a potent symbol of hope at last for the farmers of Helmand
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The most senior British Army officer to be killed since the Falklands was travelling in the lead vehicle of a routine patrol in Afghanistan when it struck an improvised explosive device, an inquest hears... more
First woman soldier to be killed in Afghanistan died with three comrades in a vehicle so lightly armoured it caused 'concern' among troops, an inquest hears... more
Hordes of Taliban gunman are fighting just outside the city, but people in Lashkar Gah are defying insurgent threats by promising to vote in tomorrow's election... more
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