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Soldiers mark Armistice Day in Afghanistan

11.11.09
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Mandelson blasts Sun’s ‘bad taste’

11.11.09
Lord Mandelson deepened the row over a British soldier killed in Afghanistan today with an attack on the Sun’s 'bad taste and crude politicking'... 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

Rogue Afghan machineguns troops as they take tea break

04.11.09
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‘Nothing can prepare them for the sheer horror of the real thing’

12.10.09
London medics to treat Afghan war casualties as reservists embark on a three-month deployment... more

Stars celebrate real heroes at Pride of Britain Awards

06.10.09
Celebrities came out in force to praise the real stars of the Pride of Britain Awards for their "wonderful" acts of courage.... more

Gary Lineker and Andrew Flintoff in Taliban attack

05.10.09
Sports legends Andrew Flintoff and Gary Lineker were caught up in a Taliban attack as they made a troop visit in Afghanistan... more

Afghan troop surge ‘could mean greater British losses’

05.10.09
British death toll in Afghanistan may rise under plans to deploy more troops to defeat the Taliban insurgency, Liam Fox warned... more

British airman killed in Afghanistan

02.10.09
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WORLD: Afghans defy the Taliban rockets to vote for ‘peace and security’

20.08.09
Hundreds of people defied Taliban threats and rocket attacks to vote in Afghanistan’s most dangerous province... more

1,000 troops killed or wounded in Afghan conflict

17.08.09
Almost 1,000 British troops have been killed or wounded in action since the start of the Afghan conflict eight years ago... more

Hospital where the injured just keep coming

30.07.09
The British Army’s major field hospital in Helmand is at Camp Bastion. It is air-conditioned, has eight intensive care beds and two wards that can treat 25 patients.... more

British surgeons needed US help to treat 100 wounded

30.07.09
Exhausted British surgeons called in an American medical team to cope with a surge of soldiers wounded in fierce fighting against the Taliban... more

Casualties show that Brown is fighting the wrong war in the wrong way

30.07.09
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... more

Defence Secretary says MoD blundered on payout for troops

30.07.09
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth admits that military chiefs blundered over legal action to cut compensation for injured troops ... more

Son of British commander loses leg in Taliban roadside bombing

21.07.09
Son of one of Britain’s most senior army officers has been severely injured in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan, it was reported... more

Gordon Brown under fire over ‘Afghan war lightweights’

13.07.09
Gordon Brown urged to appoint new leadership on Afghanistan to supersede Defence Secretary and armed forces chief... more

Gordon Brown under fire over ‘Afghan war lightweights’

13.07.09
Gordon Brown urged to appoint new leadership on Afghanistan to supersede Defence Secretary and armed forces chief... more

‘I didn’t imagine him dying’ – mother mourns heroic son killed in Helmand

27.05.09
The family of an “inspirational” London soldier who died after being shot in Afghanistan paid tribute to him before his funeral... more

Revealed: Britain's youngest soldier serving in Afghanistan

15.05.09
A London-born teenager has become the youngest soldier serving in Afghanistan... more

Let me fight...last plea as captain lay fatally injured

10.11.08
An army captain pleaded with medics to allow him to return to battle after he was mortally wounded in Afghanistan, an inquest heard... more

Our Afghan troops are true heroes says Brown

21.08.08
British troops fighting in Afghanistan were praised as "true heroes" by Gordon Brown as he compared their daily professionalism to that of our Olympic athletes... more

PM: Troops fighting the Taliban are true heroes

21.08.08
Gordon Brown has paid tribute to British troops in Afghanistan, praising them as the country's true heroes... more

Army woman dies in secret SAS operation

18.06.08
A woman was among four British soldiers killed by a roadside bomb during a secret mission in Afghanistan... more

William flies home with a fallen hero

30.04.08
Prince William brought back the body of a soldier killed in action during his secret mission to Afghanistan, it was revealed... more

Harry will be terrorists’ No 1 target back in Britain

29.02.08
Prince Harry is being pulled out of Afghanistan for his own personal safety after details of his tour of duty fighting the Taliban were published on a US website.... more

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