http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-45117-lashkar-gah/topic-rss.do Lashkar Gah RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23816061-afghan-suicide-bombers-shot-dead-by-guards.do Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:52:35 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23816061-afghan-suicide-bombers-shot-dead-by-guards.do 2010-03-17T10:52:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810981-first-woman-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan-died-inside-snatch-mobile-coffin.do 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 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:23:29 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810981-first-woman-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan-died-inside-snatch-mobile-coffin.do 2010-03-01T15:23:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23802678-bomb-blast-kills-three-at-dog-fight-in-afghanistan.do A motorcycle bomb strikes a crowd on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, killing at least three people and wounding 26 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:31:27 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23802678-bomb-blast-kills-three-at-dog-fight-in-afghanistan.do 2010-02-05T10:31:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23783318-militants-kill-eight-afghan-police.do Taliban fighters attacked checkpoints in northern and southern Afghanistan, killing 16 Afghan police Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:36:05 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23783318-militants-kill-eight-afghan-police.do 2009-12-14T09:36:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23775930-town-where-taliban-were-driven-out-learns-to-live-again.do Nawa in the heart of poppy-growing country south of Lashkar Gah is not a particularly pretty place Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:00:30 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23775930-town-where-taliban-were-driven-out-learns-to-live-again.do 2009-11-27T11:00:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23776234-i-was-just-doing-my-job-says-first-woman-in-navy-to-win-military-cross.do The first woman in the Royal Navy to be awarded the Military Cross collected her medal from Buckingham Palace today. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:24:03 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23776234-i-was-just-doing-my-job-says-first-woman-in-navy-to-win-military-cross.do 2009-11-27T13:24:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23775315-kites-soar-as-guards-bring-light-to-a-forgotten-corner.do Tamiron is a community on the edge of existence. So dirt poor that nothing grows there and the Taliban have given up raiding it. So forgotten that ISAF allied forces passed it by Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:49:55 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23775315-kites-soar-as-guards-bring-light-to-a-forgotten-corner.do 2009-11-26T08:49:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23767655-soldiers-mark-armistace-day-in-afghanistan.do Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:30:12 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23767655-soldiers-mark-armistace-day-in-afghanistan.do 2009-11-11T07:30:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23737188-10-troops-died-and-only-150-afghans-voted.do As few as 150 people may have voted in the Afghanistan presidential poll in an area of the country seized from the Taliban by British forces at a heavy loss Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:28:44 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23737188-10-troops-died-and-only-150-afghans-voted.do 2009-08-26T13:28:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23735311-both-sides-in-afghanistan-election-claim-clear-victory.do Two frontrunners in the Afghanistan election both claimed victory amid mounting evidence that the poll was marred by intimidation and fraud Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:59:21 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23735311-both-sides-in-afghanistan-election-claim-clear-victory.do 2009-08-21T08:59:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23734580-world-afghans-defy-the-taliban-rockets-to-vote-for-peace-and-security.do Hundreds of people defied Taliban threats and rocket attacks to vote in Afghanistan’s most dangerous province Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:09:55 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23734580-world-afghans-defy-the-taliban-rockets-to-vote-for-peace-and-security.do 2009-08-20T06:09:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23734104-the-taliban-wont-stop-us-from-voting-say-defiant-afghanis.do 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 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:12:31 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23734104-the-taliban-wont-stop-us-from-voting-say-defiant-afghanis.do 2009-08-19T09:12:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23733084-1000-troops-killed-or-wounded-in-afghan-conflict.do Almost 1,000 British troops have been killed or wounded in action since the start of the Afghan conflict eight years ago Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:19:16 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23733084-1000-troops-killed-or-wounded-in-afghan-conflict.do 2009-08-17T08:19:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23732153-bodies-of-four-british-troops-are-flown-home.do Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:42:39 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23732153-bodies-of-four-british-troops-are-flown-home.do 2009-08-13T13:42:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23731795-world-karzai-spending-his-way-to-victory-in-afghanistan.do Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai is facing claims he is trying to 'buy' himself a second term in the country's elections next week Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:40:14 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23731795-world-karzai-spending-his-way-to-victory-in-afghanistan.do 2009-08-13T07:40:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23729574-three-paras-killed-in-taliban-ambush.do Three soldiers from the Parachute Regiment were killed and a fourth was critically injured in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:19:38 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23729574-three-paras-killed-in-taliban-ambush.do 2009-08-07T10:19:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23726211-casualties-show-that-brown-is-fighting-the-wrong-war-in-the-wrong-way.do The true cost of the bloody campaign in Helmand is now being revealed, though slowly, with the publication of the casualty figures at the beginning of this month Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:59:55 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23726211-casualties-show-that-brown-is-fighting-the-wrong-war-in-the-wrong-way.do 2009-07-30T12:59:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23726090-bodies-of-three-soldiers-brought-home-from-afghanistan.do Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:40:40 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23726090-bodies-of-three-soldiers-brought-home-from-afghanistan.do 2009-07-30T11:40:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23718704-afghan-dispatch-locals-think-british-are-powerful-clever-and-cunning-if-the-enemy-are-stronger-it-must-be-part-of-the-plan.do People in Helmand believe in the wild conspiracy that British troops have been helping the Taliban Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:27:12 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23718704-afghan-dispatch-locals-think-british-are-powerful-clever-and-cunning-if-the-enemy-are-stronger-it-must-be-part-of-the-plan.do 2009-07-13T08:27:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23717659-we-are-winning-against-the-taliban-insists-army-chief.do British Army chief insists his troops are winning the battle against the Taliban despite growing questions over the military campaign Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:04:17 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23717659-we-are-winning-against-the-taliban-insists-army-chief.do 2009-07-09T13:04:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23715967-mourners-line-the-streets-for-fallen-officers-return.do Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:48:23 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23715967-mourners-line-the-streets-for-fallen-officers-return.do 2009-07-06T13:48:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23715194-colonel-h-son-to-replace-afghan-hero-lt-col-rupert-thorneloe.do Highest ranking British officer killed in action in three decades could be replaced by the son of the last most senior soldier to die in war Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:48:19 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23715194-colonel-h-son-to-replace-afghan-hero-lt-col-rupert-thorneloe.do 2009-07-03T07:48:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23714788-two-more-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan.do Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:28:01 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23714788-two-more-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan.do 2009-07-02T10:28:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23701637-tributes-to-two-dead-in-helmand.do Tributes were paid to two British servicemen who died within hours of each other after being wounded in separate incidents in Afghanistan Fri, 29 May 2009 14:36:49 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23701637-tributes-to-two-dead-in-helmand.do 2009-05-29T14:36:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23700754-marine-dies-after-afghanistan-blast.do Royal Marine dies in hospital from wounds he suffered in a blast in southern Afghanistan Thu, 28 May 2009 08:11:48 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23700754-marine-dies-after-afghanistan-blast.do 2009-05-28T08:11:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23692433-british-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan.do A British soldier has died in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Fri, 15 May 2009 06:45:23 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23692433-british-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan.do 2009-05-15T06:45:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23645062-british-soldier-dies-in-afghan-ambush.do A British soldier died after coming under fire on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:13:55 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23645062-british-soldier-dies-in-afghan-ambush.do 2009-02-17T14:13:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23594144-miliband-if-us-asks-we-will-send-afghan-troops.do Britain is willing to send more troops to Afghanistan to join an American-led surge, Foreign Secretary David Miliband indicated Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:45:19 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23594144-miliband-if-us-asks-we-will-send-afghan-troops.do 2008-11-28T08:45:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23549351-camerons-pledge-to-troops-on-afghan-visit.do David Cameron staged a surprise trip to Afghanistan as he unveiled plans to give more family leave to British troops fighting overseas Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:52:32 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23549351-camerons-pledge-to-troops-on-afghan-visit.do 2008-09-02T08:52:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23522906-briton-shot-dead-by-taliban.do A British soldier who died from a single gunshot wound has become the 113th UK serviceman to be killed in Afghanistan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:20:12 GMT http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23522906-briton-shot-dead-by-taliban.do 2008-07-29T08:20:12Z