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Gurkhas face sack as PM praises troops

01.09.11
David Cameron has praised Britain's armed forces as hundreds of soldiers and RAF crew were being told that they are being made redundant... more

Body of 'remarkable' soldier killed in bomb blast brought back to UK

26.05.11
The body of a Colour Sergeant Kevin Fortuna, killed by a bomb in Afghanistan, is to be flown home for his funeral service... more

Royal Wootton Bassett - title for town that comes to a halt to honour our fallen heroes

16.03.11
The town that inspired Britain by honouring our Afghan war dead is to be given royal status... more

Two soldiers killed while rescuing injured comrade in Afghanistan

22.07.10
Two 'courageous and selfless' British soldiers have been shot dead trying to rescue a wounded comrade... more

Two US trainers killed by rogue Afghan soldier

20.07.10
Rebel Afghan soldier kills two Nato civilian trainers at a military post in Mazar-i-Sharif... more

Bodies of three soldiers return home from Afghanistan

07.05.10
The bodies of three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan to be brought home... more

Bodies of three soldiers flown home

19.01.10
Bodies of three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan by improvised explosive devices were returned to Britain... more

British Muslim soldier: Islamists should treat UK as their own country

13.01.10
British Muslim soldier hits out at radical groups and says Islamists should respect this country and treat it as their own... more

Wootton Bassett on parade as Islamic hate row grows

05.01.10
Bodies of two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are driven through Wootton Bassett as controversy rages about a planned march through the town by Islamic extremists... more

Gordon Brown: Wootton Bassett hate march inappropriate

04.01.10
Downing Street may oppose a march by an Islamic group through Wootton Bassett after Muslim cleric sparks fury with online letter to families of fallen soldiers... more

More Chinooks for Helmand 'signal another 10 years of war'

15.12.09
A huge defence shake-up to fund helicopters and vital equipment for Afghanistan fuelled fears that troops will be embroiled in the war there for years to come... more

Brown: Afghan war is sapping al Qaeda morale

16.11.09
British action in Afghanistan is inflicting 'long lasting damage' to al Qaeda’s leadership, Gordon Brown said... more

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

Mr Brown, you have cost my family a husband and father

17.09.09
The family of a young father killed in Afghanistan has written a letter blaming the Prime Minister... more

Soldier dies in rescue mission just months after his wedding

18.08.09
One of the latest three British soldiers killed by roadside bombs had married just weeks before he deployed to Afghanistan... more

More bodies flown home as Obama says fight must go on

18.08.09
Barack Obama and David Miliband tried to shore up support for the war in Afghanistan as the bodies of three British soldiers were flown home... more

Lives would be saved by learning lessons of Troubles

11.08.09
There are no better trained or motivated troops in the world than the British and like the rest of the nation I'm proud of the job they're doing in Afghanistan... more

Three Paras killed in Taliban ambush

07.08.09
Three soldiers from the Parachute Regiment were killed and a fourth was critically injured in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan... more

Dead soldiers return home from Afghanistan

28.07.09
Bodies of five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan during one the bloodiest periods since the current conflict began will return to British soil... more

Royal salute for fallen heroes of Helmand

14.07.09
Prince Edward joined the grieving families of eight young soldiers killed in Afghanistan’s bloodiest 24 hours as their loved ones were returned to them... more

Wootton Bassett bells toll for Helmand’s latest dead

10.07.09
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett today as the coffins of five British soldiers who have died in Afghanistan in the past week were driven past... 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

Coroner condemns RAF over 'shoddy' records on 10 Hercules deaths

22.10.08
The coroner in the inquest of 10 servicemen killed when their Hercules plane was shot down in Iraq has launched a bitter attack on the RAF... more


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