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Afghanistan tour lengths for deployed UK personnel 14 May 2013 | 09:22 pm
The troop rotation arrangements outlining the tour lengths for deployed UK personnel in Afghanistan between now and the end of UK combat operations in 2014 have been announced today. The new arrangeme...
British and Afghan troops destroy insurgent explosives cache 8 May 2013 | 09:22 pm
British and Afghan soldiers have destroyed a significant insurgent bomb cache in Helmand province. Soldiers from the Queen’s Royal Lancers and the Household Cavalry Regiment worked shoulder-to-shoulde...
Fusiliers hand Helmand checkpoint to Afghan Police 7 May 2013 | 05:35 pm
British soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have handed Afghan security forces control of a checkpoint in Helmand province. Checkpoint (CP) Abpashak East becomes the latest checkpoint in the N...
Corporal William Savage, Fusilier Samuel Flint and Private Robert Hetherington killed in Afghanistan 2 May 2013 | 03:18 pm
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal William Savage and Fusilier Samuel Flint, both from 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, and Private Robert He...
Navy reservist creates ‘Afghan Archers’ on Helmand radio 30 Apr 2013 | 03:25 pm
A Royal Navy reservist has created a hit radio programme in Helmand province inspired by BBC Radio 4′s popular soap opera ‘The Archers’. Lieutenant Jo Nicholson has put his farming background to good ...
Change in Helmand province 18 Apr 2013 | 02:56 pm
Senior British military officers described the progress being made in southern Afghanistan at a media briefing in London on Tuesday. Change is blowing through Helmand. It is not just the change that c...
The Week in Afghanistan | British Forces News 16 Apr 2013 | 03:53 pm
The Week in Afghanistan | British Forces News The latest round-up of news from British Forces in Afghanistan. The Week in Afghanistan is shown on BFBS1 every Sunday at 0900hours UTC.
Army captain’s repeated gallantry honoured 16 Apr 2013 | 03:40 pm
Military Cross winner Captain Michael Dobbin, from the Grenadier Guards, talks about his experiences in Helmand during Operation Herrick 16. Sitting down to answer questions about his newly-awarded Mi...
1st Mechanized Brigade takes over in Helmand 11 Apr 2013 | 03:07 pm
The Army’s 1st Mechanized Brigade has taken command of Task Force Helmand in southern Afghanistan marking the start of Operation Herrick 18. Over the next 6 months the incoming brigade will support th...
The future of Afghanistan 11 Apr 2013 | 02:57 pm
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond yesterday responded to points made in a House of Commons Defence Select Committee report on Afghanistan. The report focuses on the planned withdrawal of combat troops ...
