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Fight goes on after 'brutal' week, vows top Allied commander in Afghanistan

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Hero soldier's last patrol with best friend

01.09.11
Soldier Thomas Sephton was unlawfully killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, an inquest ruled... more

Soldier held in 'high esteem' by Afghans

20.06.11
Afghan comrades of a British soldier killed on patrol in Helmand battled to save him because of their 'high esteem' for him... more

I grabbed the geezer: How hero caught Taliban chief

15.04.11
Unarmed British soldier hailed for his astonishing bravery after capturing a Taliban bombing chief in a fist fight ... more

Prince Harry to join soldiers for gruelling Arctic trek

12.01.11
Prince Harry is in intensive training to take part in a gruelling 200-mile trek across Arctic pack ice to the North Pole with four disabled soldiers... more

Fight goes on after 'brutal' week, vows top Allied commander in Afghanistan

25.06.10
One of the top Allied commanders in Afghanistan describes the last seven days - the worst week since the conflict began - as 'utterly brutal'... more

Four soldiers drown in Afghanistan canal horror

24.06.10
Four soldiers have died in a horrific accident in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of British deaths in the country to 307... more

Tributes to ‘stalwart’ soldier killed by Helmand roadside bomb

14.06.10
Tributes were paid today to a British soldier killed in a roadside blast in Afghanistan... more

Black Hawk downed over Helmand in mission to rescue British casualties

09.06.10
Four American troops die as a Black Hawk helicopter believed to be on a mission to rescue British soldiers is shot down in Afghanistan... 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

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

Tears for latest Afghan victims

27.08.09
The families of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan paid tribute to them as their bodies were returned to Britain for burial... more

Latest British soldier killed retrieving dead Afghan

10.08.09
Latest British soldier killed in Afghanistan was today named as Private Jason Williams... more

How I beat Taliban death traps twice in one day, by Army's female Jackal driver

23.07.09
Only woman Jackal driver in the British Army told how she escaped two Taliban death traps in less than 24 hours... 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

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

Salute at sunset ... pride of princes as they honour heroes

08.05.08
Princes William and Harry help raise £500,000 for injured troops as they join thousands of Londoners to honour Britain's armed forces in a sunset pageant... more


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